Now hiring : the feminization of work in the United States, 1900-1995 /

"In Now Hiring, historian Julia Kirk Blackwelder adroitly traces the evolution of the American occupational structure, delineating the main lines of the development of the female work force and its interactions with education, family life, and social convention." "Through vignettes of...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Blackwelder, Julia Kirk, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: College Station, Tex. : Texas A & M University Press, ©1997.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Women > Employment > United States > History > 20th century.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
Women > Employment
Frau
Berufstätigkeit
Werkende vrouwen.
Arbeidsmarkt.
Geschichte 1900-1995.
United States
USA
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Working "girls" at the turn of the century
  • The education of the working girl
  • Class, mobility, and women's work: the 1920s
  • Hard times and white-collar growth: the 1930s
  • Women answer the war call: the 1940s
  • Aftershock: the 1950s
  • Changing course: the 1960s and 1970s
  • Wins and losses: the 1980s and 1990s
  • Families and working women, 1900-1995
  • Conclusion: women, men, work, and families.

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