| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 220 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Aspirations and Realities: Childhood and Entry into Work -- Women's Working Lives: Factory and Service Sector Workers -- Women's Working Lives: Women in Professions, Clerical and Office Work -- Constructing and Reconstructing Working Identities: Wives, Mothers and Single Women -- Women's Working Lives: Family and Community Connections -- Accommodating and Challenging Constraints: Women Workers' Agency and Resistance |
| Summary |
"Based on 42 interviews, Irish Women at Work 1930-1960 contains the stories of Irish women's working lives, as located in the broader context of their family life experiences, schooling, and aspirations, as well as their entrance into the work force, job descriptions, working conditions, and overall careers. The interconnections between their work and social lives, along with their public and private roles, are explored. What paid work meant to women, in terms of their sense of self, is also considered. Despite the obstacles women encountered at this time in terms of limited access to education, restricted employment opportunities, and profound gender discrimination, the evidence gathered challenges the commonplace perception of this neglected period as one of domestic drudgery and economic inactivity for women. As the first significant insight into Irish women's paid work during the period of 1930 to 1960, the book provides a deep understanding of how women of diverse social classes assessed their thoughts and experiences of their working lives."--Publisher's website |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Women employees -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Women -- Employment -- Ireland -- History -- 20th century
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Women -- Ireland -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Labor.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Labor & Industrial Relations.
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Women employees
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Women -- Employment
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Women -- Social conditions
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Ireland
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Leane, Máire
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Luddy, Maria
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| LC no. |
2006037075 |
| ISBN |
9780716531890 |
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0716531895 |
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0716533901 |
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9780716533900 |
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