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