Give Us Bread But Give Us Roses - Working Women s Consciousness in United States, 1890 to First World

Informationen zum Autor Sarah Eisenstein Zusammenfassung Rooted in the printed sources of the period, this book reconstructs the attitudes of a pioneer generation of young women to the conflicts brought about by their new experience of employment outside their homes, and to changes in work and family relationships. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Introductory Essays 1. Introduction Harold Benenson 2. Bread and Roses: Working Women’s Consciousness, 1905-20 Part 2: Essays in the Study of Working Women’s Consciousness 3. The Study of Working Women’s Consciousness 4. Victorian Ideology and Working Women 5. Working Women’s Attitudes Toward Marriage and Work. Appendix. Afterword Nancy Cott

Product details

• Authors: Sarah Eisenstein, Eisenstein Sarah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.10.2012
• EAN: 9780415625371
• ISBN: 978-0-415-62537-1
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women's History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Sociology, HISTORY / General, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Social and cultural history, Gender studies: women, History of the Americas, Gender studies: women and girls, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General