The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as a time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining access to better jobs. Discounted Labour analyses the historical roots of women's persistent inequality in the paid labour force. Ruth A. Frager and Carmela K. Patrias analyse how and why women became confined to low-wage jobs, why their work was deemed less valuable than men's work, why many women lacked training, job experience, and union membership, and under what circumstances women resisted their subordination. Distinctive earning discrepancies and employment patterns have always characterized women's place in the workforce whether they have been in low-status, unskilled jobs, or in higher positions. For this reason, Frager and Patrias focus not only on women wage-earners but on women as salaried workers as well. They also analyze the divisions among women, examining how class and ethnic or racial differences have intersected with those of gender. Discounted Labour is an essential new work for anyone interested in the historical struggle for gender equality in Canada.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
ISBN-13
9780802078186
eBay Product ID (ePID)
94449260
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Social Work
Author
Ruth Frager, Carmela Patrias
Publication Name
Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Zoology, History
Publication Year
2005
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
160 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216mm
Item Width
140mm
Item Weight
280g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Ruth Frager, Carmela Patrias
Series Title
Themes in Canadian History
Country/Region of Manufacture
Canada
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