Women workers in the First World War / / Gail Braybon
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| Autore: |
Braybon Gail
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| Titolo: |
Women workers in the First World War / / Gail Braybon
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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (249 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 331.4/0941/09041 |
| 331.4094109041 | |
| Soggetto topico: | Women - Employment - Great Britain - History - 20th century |
| Women - Employment - Public opinion - History - 20th century | |
| Public opinion - Great Britain - History - 20th century | |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Women | |
| World War, 1914-1918 - Influence | |
| Note generali: | "First published in 1981"--T.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; Acknowledgements; Preface to the Paperback Edition; Preface; 1. Women's Position in the Labour Force before 1914; 2. The Need for Women's Labour in the First World War; 3. Women in Industry: (1) The Attitudes of Employers and Trade Unions; 4. Women in Industry: (2) The Economic Problems of Women's Labour, and the Question of Equal Pay; 5. Biology as Destiny: Women, Motherhood and Welfare; 6. Women's Public Image during the War; 7. Demobilisation and the Aftermath; 8. The Position of Women Workers in the Twenties; 9. Final Comments |
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| Sommario/riassunto: | Commentators writing soon after the outbreak of the First World War about the classic problems of women's employment (low pay, lack of career structure, exclusion from ""men's jobs"") frequently went on to say that the war had ""changed all this"", and that women's position would never be the same again.This book looks at how and why women were employed, and in what ways society's attitudes towards women workers did or did not change during the war. Contrary to the mythology of the war, which portrayed women as popular workers, rewarded with the vote for their splendid work, the auth |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Women workers in the First World War |
| ISBN: | 1-136-24866-8 |
| 0-203-10421-8 | |
| 1-283-89543-9 | |
| 1-136-24867-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910811801103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Routledge library editions. . -Women's history.