Women of the coal rushes / Georgina Murray & David Peetz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Murray, Georgina.

Contributor:

Peetz, David, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coal miners' spouses--Australia--Queensland--Social conditions.

Coal miners' spouses.

Coal miners' spouses--Australia--Queensland--History.

Coal miners--Australia--Queensland--Social conditions.

Coal miners.

Coal trade--Australia--Queensland--History.

Coal trade.

Coal mines and mining--Australia--Queensland--History.

Coal mines and mining.

Coal mines and mining--Social aspects--Australia--Queensland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney : University of New South Wales Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A touching and inspiring narrative, this history chronicles the vital role played by women in the coal mining industry in central and southeastern Queensland, Australia. From the early days when wives supported their coal mining husbands through the women's auxiliaries to the fight for better working conditions and the recent move out of the home and into the mines, this well-researched record includes personal accounts of more than 100 women affected by mining as well as previously unpublished photographs.

Contents:

Cover

Copyright

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

Glossary

Women in a Man's Land

The Daily Struggle for a Home

Unity and Mortality

Don't Mess with Bitches Holding Placards

The Big Shifts

Into the Crib Room

Thinking Back: Understanding the Women of the Coal Rushes

Notes

Selected References

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 310-334) and index.

ISBN:

1-74223-222-1

OCLC:

719377467