From angel to office worker : middle-class identity and female consciousness in Mexico, 1890-1950 / Susie S. Porter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Porter, Susie S., 1965- author.

Series:

Mexican experience.

The Mexican experience

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Employment--Mexico--History--20th century.

Women.

Women clerks--Mexico--History--20th century.

Women clerks.

Middle class women--Mexico--History--20th century.

Middle class women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 pages).

Place of Publication:

Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]

Summary:

"To understand how office workers shaped middle-class identities in Mexico, From Angel to Office Worker examines the material conditions of women's work and analyzes how women themselves reconfigured public debates over their employment"-- Provided by publisher.

"In late nineteenth-century Mexico a woman's presence in the home was a marker of middle-class identity. However, as economic conditions declined during the Mexican Revolutionand jobs traditionally held by women disappeared, a growing number of women began to look for work outside the domestic sphere. As these "angels of the home" began to take office jobs, middle-class identity became more porous.<BR /><BR /> To understand how office workers shaped middle-class identities in Mexico, From Angel to Office Workerexamines the material conditions of women's work and analyzes how women themselves reconfigured public debates over their employment. At the heart of the women's movement was a labor movement led by secretaries and office workers whose demands included respect for seniority, equal pay for equal work, and resources to support working mothers, both married and unmarried. Office workers also developed a critique of gender inequality and sexual exploitation both within and outside the workplace. From Angel to Office Workeris a major contribution to modern Mexican history as historians begin to ask new questions about the relationships between labor, politics, and the cultural and public spheres."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: List of Illustrations List of Graphs and Tables Acknowledgments List of Abbreviations Introduction 1. "Women of the Middle Class, More Than Others, Need to Work" 2. Office Work and Commercial Education during the 1920s 3. Writing and Activism in 1920s Mexico City<BR /> 4. Women at Work in Government Offices in 1930s Mexico City 5. Commercial Education and Writing during the 1930s<BR /> 6. Office Workers Organize during the 1930s<BR /> 7. Women, Work, and Middle-Class Identity during the 1940s<BR /> Conclusion<BR /> Notes<BR /> Bibliography<BR /> Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781496206510

1496206517

9781496206497

1496206495

OCLC:

1033673237