Unemployment and Employment Policies Concerning Women in Britain, 1900-1951 (Women's Studies, 35) - Hardcover

Laybourn, Keith

9780773470859: Unemployment and Employment Policies Concerning Women in Britain, 1900-1951 (Women's Studies, 35)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773470859 ISBN 13: 9780773470859

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr, 2002

This history traces the relationship between the English welfare state and voluntary organizations in crafting policies which either ignored the problem of women's unemployment altogether, relegated women to the home and family, or else merely offered "training" for low-wage domestic service. Chapters progress chronologically from 1900 to 1951, and concentrate on the impact of the World Wars, the efforts of the Central Committee on Women's Training and Employment and those of the Unemployment Assistance Board, the Anomalies Act, and The Domestic Services Report. Laybourn teaches history at the University of Huddersfield. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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