On Her Their Lives Depend

Munitions Workers in the Great War
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-520-08502-2
Verlag: University of California Press

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 520 g

In this evocative book, Angela Woollacott analyzes oral histories, workers' writings, newspapers, official reports, and factory song lyrics to present an intimate view of women munitions workers in Britain during World War I.

Munitions work offered working-class women—for the first time—independence, a reliable income, even an improved standard of living. But male employers and trade unionists brought them face-to-face with their subordination as women within their own class, while experiences with middle-class women co-workers and police reminded them of their status as working class.

Woollacott sees the woman munitions worker as a powerful symbol of modernity who challenged the gender order through her patriotic work and challenged class differences through her increased spending power, mobility, and changing social behavior.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woollacott, Angela

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder England, UK, Irland: Regional & Stadtgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Arbeitsmarkt
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
LIST OF TABLES
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION

l. The Army of Women:

Munitions Factories and Women Workers
2. The Heterogeneity of Women Workers:

Mixing and Mobility
3. "Industrial Work Is Good for Women":

Health, Welfare, Deaths, and Injuries
4. Status and Experience as Workers
5. "High Wages and Premature Liberty'':

Wages, Autonomy, and Public Censure
6. Off the Job: Leisure, Socializing, and Sex
7. Class Relations among Women
8. "On Her Their Lives Depend":

Gender, War, and Women Munitions Workers

BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

Über Autor(innen)

Angela Woollacott is Assistant Professor of History and Director of the Women's Studies Program at Case Western Reserve University. She is the co-editor of Gendering War Talk (1993).