Women workers in the Second World War : production and patriarchy in conflict

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Women workers in the Second World War : production and patriarchy in conflict

Penny Summerfield

Routledge, 1989

2nd ed

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Women workers in the 2nd World War

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Bibliography: p. 201-210

Includes index

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Description

Examines the impact of the war on women's employment and the contribution that women made to the war effort. The author also looks at the relationship between capital labour and women in this critical period in the history of women. This book should be of interest to students and teachers in women's studies, social history and sociology.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction
  • Pre-War
  • Mobilisation
  • Child Care
  • Shopping
  • Working Hours
  • Dilution
  • Conclusion. Appendices: Extended Employment of Women Agreement
  • Women's Employment Statistics, Tables B1-B9.

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