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Author Hilden, Patricia

Title Women, work, and politics : Belgium 1830-1914 / Patricia Penn Hilden
Published Oxford, England ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1993

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 357 pages) : map
Contents Pt. I. Introduction -- 1. The Problem -- 2. Belgium, 1795-1914 -- pt. II. Women, Work, and the Bourgeois Ruling Class -- 3. Women in the Textile Mills: Ghent and Verviers -- 4. Mining Coal -- 5. Women Miners and the Woman Question -- 6. Ouvrieres, Werksters, and Elites in the Fin de Siecle -- pt. III. Women and Politics -- 7. Working Women in the Period of the First International, 1860-80 -- 8. Working Women and Politics: the Second International -- pt. IV. Conclusion -- 9. Belgium in the Belle Epoque
Summary This is a study of the working women of Belgium from 1830 to 1914. Patricia Penn Hilden argues that the success of Belgium's industrial revolution was uniquely dependant on female labour. She examines the widespread participation of Belgian women in the labour market, and explores their role in the emergent politics of Belgium's working class
Analysis Women Employment History
Belgium
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Women -- Employment -- Belgium -- History -- 19th century
Women -- Employment -- Social aspects -- Belgium -- History -- 19th century
Women and socialism -- Belgium -- History -- 19th century
Feminism -- Belgium -- History -- 19th century
Feminism
Women and socialism
Women -- Employment
Women -- Employment -- Social aspects
Arbeiterin
Vrouwenarbeid.
Vrouwen.
Politieke activiteit.
Socialisme.
SUBJECT Belgium -- History -- 1830-1914. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85012983
Subject Belgium
Belgien
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 93019419
ISBN 9780191678837
019167883X