Feminism and the Servant Problem: Class and Domestic Labour in the Women's Suffrage Movement

ISBN-13: 9781108457743 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 245 str.

Laura Schwartz

Opis

With this first history of suffrage to look at contributions by domestic servants, Laura Schwartz brings a feminist perspective to labour history. Feminism and the Servant Problem offers a new understanding of the class politics of the suffrage movement, and challenges traditional notions of who made up the British working class.

Recenzje

'A strength of this book lies in Schwartz's ability to combine her feminist commitment to the present with a sharp historical focus … Schwartz's confident, energetic book is a fundamental text for those wishing to understand how early feminists grappled with the burden of reproductive labour. Many of their questions remained unresolved today.' Grace Whorrall-Campbell, Family & Community History

Spis treści

List of figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction. Whose problem was the 'servant problem'?; 1. The 'servant problem' and the suffrage home; 2. Servants in the suffrage movement; 3. The housework problem; 4. Domestic labour and the feminist work ethic; 5. The domestic workers' union of Great Britain and Ireland; 6. Servants and co-operative housekeeping; Conclusion; Index.