TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kiely,Elizabeth
AU  - Leane,Máire
AU  - Luddy,Maria
TI  - Irish women at work, 1930-1960: an oral history 
SN  - 9780716531890
AV  - HD6138 .K54 2012eb
U1  - 331.409415 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Dublin, Ireland, Portland, OR.
PB  - Irish Academic Press
KW  - Women employees
KW  - Ireland
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Women
KW  - Employment
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Personnel féminin
KW  - Irlande
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - Femmes
KW  - Conditions sociales
KW  - BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
KW  - Labor
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Labor & Industrial Relations
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Aspirations and Realities: Childhood and Entry into Work -- Women's Working Lives: Factory and Service Sector Workers -- Women's Working Lives: Women in Professions, Clerical and Office Work -- Constructing and Reconstructing Working Identities: Wives, Mothers and Single Women -- Women's Working Lives: Family and Community Connections -- Accommodating and Challenging Constraints: Women Workers' Agency and Resistance
N2  - "Based on 42 interviews, Irish Women at Work 1930-1960 contains the stories of Irish women's working lives, as located in the broader context of their family life experiences, schooling, and aspirations, as well as their entrance into the work force, job descriptions, working conditions, and overall careers. The interconnections between their work and social lives, along with their public and private roles, are explored. What paid work meant to women, in terms of their sense of self, is also considered. Despite the obstacles women encountered at this time in terms of limited access to education, restricted employment opportunities, and profound gender discrimination, the evidence gathered challenges the commonplace perception of this neglected period as one of domestic drudgery and economic inactivity for women. As the first significant insight into Irish women's paid work during the period of 1930 to 1960, the book provides a deep understanding of how women of diverse social classes assessed their thoughts and experiences of their working lives."--Publisher's website
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