Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-384) and index. Introduction -- Representations and realities : The shifting boundaries of women's work -- Gender, ethnicity, and immigrant women in post-war Canada : The Dionne textile workers -- Women and the Canadian labour movement during the Cold War -- 'Souriez pour les clients' : Retail work, Dupuis Frères, and union protest -- Discipline and grieve : Gendering the Fordist Accord -- Aboriginal women and work in prairie communities -- Tackling the 'Problem' of the woman worker : The labour movement, working women and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women -- Conclusion : Putting contradictions in context.

Classification

• LCC: HD6099

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: x, 414 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cm.
• Edition Info: (pbk. : alk. paper)

Subjects

• History -- Americas -- Canada -- General
• History -- World -- General
• Women -- Employment -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
• Women -- Canada -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Labor unions -- Canada -- History -- 20th century
• Femmes -- Travail -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
• Femmes -- Canada -- Conditions sociales -- 20e siècle
• Syndicats -- Canada -- Histoire -- 20e siècle

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