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Woollacott, Angela, 1955-

On her their lives depend : munitions workers in the Great War / Angela Woollacott. - 1 online resource (xiv, 241 pages)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index.

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.

This book examines the experience of women munitions workers in Britain during WW1.


English.

ISBN: 9780520914650 (electronic bk.) 0520914651 (electronic bk.) 0585079471 (electronic bk.) 9780585079479 (electronic bk.) (alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
1914-1918

Subjects--Topical Terms:
World War, 1914-1918--Women--Great Britain.
Weapons industry--Employees.--Great Britain
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918--Femmes--Grande-Bretagne.
Armes--Industrie--Personnel.--Grande-Bretagne
HISTORY--Military--World War I.
Weapons industry--Employees.
Women.
Arbeiterin
Frau
Rüstungsindustrie
Waffenindustrie
Weltkrieg
Eerste Wereldoorlog.
Wapenindustrie.
Vrouwenarbeid.
CAS HI 253.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Great Britain.
Großbritannien

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: D639.W7 / W66 1994eb

Dewey Class. No.: 940.3/41/082