Women's Work 1840 1940

This volume addresses the contentious issues surrounding women''s work during a century of social upheaval. Elizabeth Roberts focuses on working-class women and their work--full time and part-time paid and unpaid outside and inside the home--examining men''s attitudes to women''s work women''s connections with trade unions a family wage and unequal pay and status. Women''s Work is a unique overview of an expanding field of social and economic history and Dr. Roberts'' survey of the available literature provides a useful guide to further reading.