Barbara Harrison North East Surrey College of Technology. Barbara Harrison North East Surrey College of Technology.
Using original research and focusing on occupational ill-health in relation to women workers, this book presents a perspective for the analysis of both gender and work and work and ill-health. The author gives a critique of traditional theoretical accounts of gender relations, state intervention and industrial ill-health. The chapters examine the extent to which feminist activists got involved in debates about health and industrial work, and show how activists went beyond the concerns of suffrage.
Using original research and focusing on occupational ill-health in relation to women workers, this book presents a perspective for the analysis of bot...
