20th century british history
A01=Angela Woollacott
Author_Angela Woollacott
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class difference
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factory song lyrics
first world war
gender and labor
gender studies
gendered labor
great britain
income
independence
industrialization
labor
military
military history
modernity
munitions
newspapers
official reports
oral history
public censure
standard of living
subordination
war
women in the military
women munitions workers
women workers
work
workers writings
working class women
Product details
- ISBN 9780520085022
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 20 May 1994
- Publisher: University of California Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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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 order through her patriotic work and challenged class differences through her increased spending power, mobility, and changing social behavior.
Angela Woollacott is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Women's Studies Program at Case Western Reserve University. She is the co-editor of Gendering War Talk (1993).
