1. Peterborough: The 'Working Man's City'

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
4. ILLUSTRATIONS xi
5. Introduction: Placing the Story of Women's Work in Context 1
6. 1. Peterborough: The 'Working Man's City' 15
7. 2. Schooling Girls for Women's Work 25
8. 3. Packing Muffets for a Living: Working Out the Gendered Division of Labour 50
9. 4. Women's Work Culture, Women's Identities 83
10. 5. Maintaining Respectability, Coping with Crises 110
11. 6. Accommodation at Work 139
12. 7. Resistance and Unionization 166
13. 8. Doing Two Jobs: The Wage-Earning Mother in the Postwar Years 221
14. Conclusion: From Working Daughter to Working Mother 248
15. APPENDIX A: NOTE ON THE ORAL HISTORY SOURCES 257
16. APPENDIX B: TABLES 259
17. NOTES 263
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 309
19. PICTURE CREDITS 330
20. INDEX 331