Double lives :
McCarthy, Helen
Double lives : a history of working motherhood in modern Britain / Helen McCarthy. - x, 537 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-519) and index.
In Britain today, three-quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable feature of life after childbirth. Yet a century ago, working mothers were in the minority, excluded altogether from many occupations, whilst their wage-earning was perceived as a social ill. In Double Lives, Helen McCarthy accounts for this remarkable transformation and the momentous consequences it has had for Britain.
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Working mothers--Great Britain.
Working mothers--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Working mothers--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Mothers--Employment--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Mothers--Employment--History--Great Britain--20th century.
331.440941
Double lives : a history of working motherhood in modern Britain / Helen McCarthy. - x, 537 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 483-519) and index.
In Britain today, three-quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable feature of life after childbirth. Yet a century ago, working mothers were in the minority, excluded altogether from many occupations, whilst their wage-earning was perceived as a social ill. In Double Lives, Helen McCarthy accounts for this remarkable transformation and the momentous consequences it has had for Britain.
9781408870754 £10.99 £10.39
GBC114161 bnb
020095753 Uk
Working mothers--Great Britain.
Working mothers--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Working mothers--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Mothers--Employment--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Mothers--Employment--History--Great Britain--20th century.
331.440941