On her their lives depend : munitions workers in the Great War /
Angela Woollacott.
- Berkeley : University of California Press, �1994.
- 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.
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