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Women Workers in the First World War.

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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"", a...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Braybon, Gail
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken : Taylor and Francis, 2012.
Series:Routledge library editions. Women's history.
Subjects:
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.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Public opinion
Women
Women > Employment
Women > Employment > Public opinion
Great Britain
1900-1999
History
Table of Contents:
  • 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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