Women of the House
Subtitle: Women's Household Work in Ireland 19221961 (Women in Irish History)
Publisher: Irish Academic Pr
Published: September 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780716527176
Subjects: History; History: World; 20th century; British & Irish history: c 1500 to c 1700; Women's studies; Work & labour; Europe - Ireland; Ireland; Social conditions; Women
Description: "The picture often painted of Irish women who were not in the paid workforce in the first four decades of Irish independence, was one of narrow, optionless lives, ceaseless drudgery, and severe subordination." "Focusing on the kind of women who would not as a rule have employed household help - lower-middle class and working-class women; those on medium to small farms, this study shows that the setting, nature and meaning of household work changed gradually from one decade to the next."--Jacket.