Davies, Ross.

Women and Work.

London, Hutchinson of London, 1975. 13.5 cm x 20.5 cm. 191 pages. Original Hardcover with original dustjacket. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Includes for example the following chapters:– Working women today: a waste of reource / Pre-industrial woman / The Industrial Revolution / Trade unions: men only / The professions close ranks / The two world wars: votes and jobs etc

″In this book, first published in 1975, the author examines the role of women in the workforce. Despite representing a rapidly increasing section of the workforce, why are women still overwhelmingly confined to unskilled jobs? Why do they hold such a tiny proportion of managerial and professional posts? In answering these vital questions Ross Davies shows how women’s economic roles in pre-industrial society were modified and distorted by industrialisation; how this legacy of exploitation has affected contemporary attitudes among both men and women; and how the present situation should be seen and assessed in its proper perspective”.(Amazon).

• Keywords: Catalogue Three – Literature by Women · Equality · Industrial Revolution · Women · Women in History – Rare
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091238706
• Inventory Number: 78234AB

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