Women's Place in Industry and Home

Originally published in 1932, this title is an attempt to outline the economic position of women at the time, to trace the origin of those features which most sharply differentiated Economic Woman from Economic Man, and to focus in a coherent view of the future the Will to Change which the present position inspired.

List of contents

Preface. 1. Introductory 2. The Distribution of Work 3. The Renumeration of Women Workers 4. The Causes of Low Payment of Women 5. The Economic Conventions of Marriage and Their Origins 6. Tests and Pledges of War Time 7. Trade Unionism and Women’s Work 8. Industrial Legislation and Women’s Work 9. The Work Not Paid with Wages 10. The Home-Maker 11. The Direction of Change 12. Equal Pay for Equal Work 13. The Direction of Change (continued). Index.

Summary

Originally published in 1932, this title is an attempt to outline the economic position of women at the time, to trace the origin of those features which most sharply differentiated Economic Woman from Economic Man, and to focus in a coherent view of the future the Will to Change which the present position inspired.

Product details

• Authors: Sylvia Anthony, Anthony Sylvia
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.08.2024
• EAN: 9781032273105
• ISBN: 978-1-03-227310-5
• No. of pages: 254
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Women and Work
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, Labour / income economics, Labour Economics, Gender studies: women, Sociology: work & labour, Gender studies: women and girls, Sociology: work and labour