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On her their lives depend : munitions workers in the Great War /

Main Author: Woollacott, Angela, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1994.
Subjects:
World War, 1914-1918 > Women > Great Britain.
Weapons industry > Employees. > Great Britain
HISTORY > Military > World War I.
Weapons industry > Employees.
Great Britain.
Table of Contents:
  • The army of women: munitions factories and women workers
  • The heterogeneity of women workers: mixing and mobility
  • "Industrial work is good for women": health, welfare, deaths, and injuries
  • Status and experience as workers
  • "High wages and premature liberty": wages, autonomy, and public censure
  • Off the job: leisure, socializing, and sex
  • Class relations among women
  • "On her their lives depend": gender, war, and women munitions workers.

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