On Her Their Lives Depend Munitions Workers in the Great War

Name: On Her Their Lives Depend Munitions Workers in the Great War
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ISBN: 9780520085022

ISBN-10: 0520085027

ISBN-13: 9780520085022

Edition: 1995

Authors: Angela Woollacott

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In this evocative book, Angela Woollacott analyzes oral histories, workers' writings, newspapers, official reports, and factory song lyrics to present an intimate view of women munitions workers in Britain during World War I. Munitions work offered working-class women--for the first time--independence, a reliable income, even an improved standard of living. But male employers and trade unionists brought them face-to-face with their subordination as women within their own class, while experiences with middle-class women co-workers and police reminded them of their status as working class. Woollacott sees the woman munitions worker as a powerful symbol of modernity who challenged the gender…

Book details

List price: $31.95
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 5/20/1994
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.946
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction



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


Bibliography


Index