Married Women Working

Pearl Jephcott, Nancy Seear, John H. Smith

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Routledge
25 April 2023

Gender studies: women; Sociology: family & relationships; Sociology: work & labour

Series: Selected Works of Pearl Jephcott

In the 1950s heated views were sometimes expressed about the alleged social results of married women going out to work. Originally published in 1962 Married Women Working attempts to examine the question objectively. It is based on two studies undertaken over a period of nearly five years in a solidly working-class London district – one, a detailed study in the factory of a well-known firm of biscuit makers (Peek Freans) relying mainly on married women workers; the other, a more general one, in the surrounding borough as a whole. How effective was the married woman as an employee? How did the firm cope with their new type of labour and with what results? What was the effect on the woman herself, and on her family, of her attempt to fill the dual role of home-maker and paid worker? These are some of the questions examined in this book, which also gives a very fascinating picture of how people lived at the time, against the background of earlier generations.

By: Pearl Jephcott
Contributions by: Nancy Seear, John H. Smith
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 562g
ISBN: 9781032330143
ISBN 10: 1032330147
Series: Selected Works of Pearl Jephcott
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 25 April 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Married Women Working

"From the New Foreword: ""Jephcott’s Married Women Working (1962) is a ground-breaking study of gender and work and … of married women’s employment."""