Husbandry to housewifery
Subtitle: women, economic change, and housework in Ireland, 1890-1914
By: Joanna Bourke.
Publisher: Clarendon Press; Oxford University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 342
Subjects: Women -- Ireland -- History; Housewives -- Ireland -- History; Women -- Employment -- Ireland -- History; Ireland -- Social conditions -- History
Description: A study of the lives of Irish women between 1890 and 1914, this book traces the shift of their labour out of the fields and into the home, showing how their position within the employment market deteriorated. It demonstrates that Irish women welcomed this altered role, preferring housework.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-332) and index.