Women Workers in the First World War

ISBN-13: 9780415622707 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 248 str.

Gail Braybon

Opis

Commentators writing soon after the outbreak of the First World War about the classic problems of women's employment frequently went on to say that the war had 'changed all this'. This text 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.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Gail Braybon