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Our Work, Our Lives, Our Words

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  • © 1986

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Editors:
  1. Leonore Davidoff

    1. Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK

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  2. Belinda Westover

    1. University of Essex, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. ‘From Queen Victoria to the Jazz Age’: Women’s World in England, 1880–1939

    • Leonore Davidoff, Belinda Westover
    Pages 1-35

  3. ‘Making Do’: Domestic Life Among East Anglian Labourers, 1890–1910

    • Eve Hostettler
    Pages 36-53

  4. ‘To Fill the Kids’ Tummies’: The Lives and Work of Colchester Tailoresses, 1880–1918

    • Belinda Westover
    Pages 54-75

  5. ‘What About That Lass of Yours Being in the Union?’: Textile Workers and Their Union in Yorkshire, 1888–1922

    • Joanna Bornat
    Pages 76-98

  6. ‘Educating Teacher’: Women and Elementary Teaching in London, 1900–1914

    • Frances Widdowson
    Pages 99-123

  7. ‘A Cissy Job for Men; a Nice Job for Girls’: Women Shorthand Typists in London, 1900–39

    • Teresa Davy
    Pages 124-144

  8. ‘A Pension to Look Forward to …?’: Women Civil Service Clerks in London, 1925–1939

    • Kay Sanderson
    Pages 145-160

  9. ‘The Girl Behind the Man Behind the Gun’: The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, 1914–18

    • Elizabeth Crosthwait
    Pages 161-181

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 182-189
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK

    Leonore Davidoff

  • University of Essex, UK

    Belinda Westover

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Our Work, Our Lives, Our Words

  • Editors: Leonore Davidoff, Belinda Westover

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-18376-0

  • Publisher: Red Globe Press London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Economics & Finance Collection, Economics and Finance (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1986

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 189

  • Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave

  • Topics: Labor Economics

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