Young Women, Work, and Family in England 1918-1950 by Todd, Selina

Hardback. Very Good.

ISBN: 9780199282753
Oxford University Press : 24 November 2005
Hardcover : 288 pages
This fascinating account of young women's lives challenges existing assumptions about working class life and womanhood in England between the end of the First World War and the beginning of the 1950s. While contemporaries commonly portrayed young women as pleasure-loving leisure consumers, this book argues that the world of work was in fact central to their life experiences. Social and economic history are woven together to examine the working, family, and social lives of the maids, factory workers, shop assistants, and clerks who made up the majority of England's young women. Selina Todd traces the complex interaction between class, gender, and locale that shaped young women's roles at work and home, indicating that paid work structured people's lives more profoundly than many social histories suggest. Rich autobiographical accounts show that, while poverty continued to constrain life choices, young women also made… Read More

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Oxford University Press, 2005-11-24. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

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