Women, Work, and Family (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Joan W. Scott, Louise A. Tilly
- First Published: 1978
- Type of Work: History>
- Time of Work: 1700-1950
- Setting: Great Britain and France
- Principal Characters: Michael Anderson, Annie Besant, Frederick LePlay, Ivy Pinchbeck
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Sociology
- Subjects: Family or family life, France or French people, Twentieth century, Gender roles, Nineteenth century, Women’s issues, Eighteenth century, Women, Work or workers, Employment or employees, Women’s rights, Career women, Great Britain, Industrialization
- Locales: France, Great Britain
Form and Content
As the authors acknowledge, the effect which paid employment has on women and on the family is an old problem, but one which was still unresolved at the time they decided to write Women, Work, and Family. Some historians, such as Alice Clark, believed that industrial capitalism was responsible for the exclusion of women from paid employment, and thus played a crucial role in modern women’s oppression. Others, including Ivy Pinchbeck, insisted that the Industrial Revolution increased women’s employment opportunities and therefore was a liberating...
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