Women's Work, 1840-1940

by Elizabeth Roberts

Book Overview

This volume addresses the contentious issues surrounding women's work during a century of social upheaval. Elizabeth Roberts focuses on working-class women and their work--full time and part-time, paid and unpaid, outside and inside the home--examining men's attitudes to women's work, women's connections with trade unions, a family wage, and unequal pay and status. Women's Work is a unique overview of an expanding field of social and economic history,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521557887
• ISBN13: 9780521557887
• Release Date: October 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.4"