Rural women workers in nineteenth-century England : gender, work and wages /

The work performed by women who lived in the nineteenth-century English countryside is still an under-researched issue. Verdon directly addresses this issue, placing the rural female labourer centre stage for the first time. The involvement of women in the rural labour market as farm servants, as da...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Verdon, Nicola, 1970-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodbridge, Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, NY : Boydell Press, 2002.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Women employees > England > History > 19th century.
Rural women > England > History > 19th century.
Agricultural laborers > England > History > 19th century.
Women > Employment > England > History > 19th century.
Personnel féminin > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes en milieu rural > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Travailleurs agricoles > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
HISTORY > Modern > General.
Agricultural laborers.
Rural women.
Women employees.
Women > Employment.
England.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction. Rural women workers: the forgotten labour force
  • Women, work and wages in historical perspective
  • Differing views of rural women's work in documentary material: an overview of printed sources
  • Women in the agricultural labour market: female farm servants
  • Women in the agricultural labour market: female day labourers
  • Alternative employment opportunities: domestic industries
  • Survival strategies: women, work and the informal economy
  • Conclusion Assessing women's work.

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