Women workers in the Second World War : production and patriarchy in conflict / Penny Summerfield
نوع المادة :
نصالسلاسل:Routledge library editions. Women's history ; ; v. 36الناشر:London ; New York : Routledge, 2013وصف:ix, 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmنوع المحتوى:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780415622660 (hbk.)
- 041503907X
- 9780415039079
- Women workers in the 2nd World War
- Women -- Employment -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Public opinion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Women -- Government policy -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
- Women -- Employment -- Public opinion -- History -- 20th century
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Women
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence
- Great Britain Women Employment Policies of government, history
- D810.W7 S86 2013
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D810.W7 S86 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.1 | Library Use Only | داخل المكتبة فقط | 300100311259 | ||
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UAE Federation Library | مكتبة اتحاد الإمارات General Collection | المجموعات العامة | D810.W7 S86 2013 (إستعراض الرف(يفتح أدناه)) | C.2 | المتاح | 300100311265 |
First published in 1984.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-210) and index
WOMEN WORKERS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR Production and Patriarchy inConflict; Copyright; WOMEN WORKERS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR PRODUCTION AND PATRIARCHY INCONFLICT; Copyright; Contents; Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Preface to the Paperback Edition; 1. Introduction; 2. Pre-War; 3. Mobilisation; 4. Child Care; 5. Shopping; 6. Working Hours; 7. Dilution; 8. Conclusion; Appendix A: Extended Employment of Women Agreement; Appendix B: Women's Employment Statistics, Tables B1-B9; Bibliography; Index.
The Second World War is often seen as a period of emancipation, because of the influx of women into paid work, and because the state took steps to relieve women of domestic work. This study challenges such a picture. The state approached the removal of women from the domestic sphere with extreme caution, in spite of the desperate need for women's labour in war work. Women's own preferences were frequently neglected or distorted in the search for a compromise between production and patriarchy. However, the enduring practices of paying women less and treating them as an inferior catego.
