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Ladies can't climb ladders : the pioneering adventures of the first professional women / Jane Robinson.
Lippincott Library HD6060.5.G7 R63 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Robinson, Jane, 1959- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex discrimination in employment--Great Britain--History--20th century.
- Sex discrimination in employment.
- Great Britain. Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919.
- Great Britain.
- Women--Employment--Great Britain--History.
- Women.
- Women--Employment.
- History.
- Women professional employees.
- Women professional employees--Great Britain--History.
- Women--Great Britain--History.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 356 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Transworld Publishers, 2020.
- Contents:
- 1 The Society of Outsiders: First Feet in the Door p. 7
- 2 England is a Gentlemen's Club: Women in the Professions before 1919 p. 40
- 3 Working Girls: The Professional Prospect in 1920 p. 73
- 4 Biggish Women: The Pioneers p. 100
- 5 Those Charming Impostors: The Work-Life Balance, 1919-1928 p. 131
- 6 Not Quite Nice: Professional Women in the Public Eye p. 159
- 7 Dynamite in Curlers: The Work-Life Balance, 1928-1939 p. 185
- 8 Wives or Workers? Relationships and the Marriage Bar p. 211
- 9 Butterfly's Wings with Blue Stockings: Spending-power and Leisure p. 238
- 10 Modern Women: The Pioneers' Legacy p. 264.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780857525871
- 0857525875
- OCLC:
- 1127181285
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