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100 1 _aAndrews, Irene Osgood,
_d1879-1963
245 1 0 _aEconomic effects of the world war upon women and children in Great Britain
250 _a2nd (revised) edition.
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aPreliminary economic studies of the war, 4
500 _aAt head of title: Carnegie endowment for international peace. Division of economics and history.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-01-06
508 _aThe Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"Economic Effects of the World War upon Women and Children in Great Britain" by Irene Osgood Andrews is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The work examines the significant shifts in the roles and employment of women and children in Great Britain as a result of World War I. It delves into how the war catalyzed an industrial revolution that led to women's increased participation in various sectors, particularly those traditionally held by men. The opening of the book sets the tone for an analysis of the economic landscape during and after the war, highlighting the dramatic influx of women and children into the workforce. It provides an overview of the change in employment status, noting that as men were conscripted into military service, women stepped into labor roles that were previously closed to them. This transformative period created both opportunities for advancement and challenges regarding wages and working conditions, as the number of women in industrial positions and children's labor needs shifted through the war efforts and subsequent reconstruction phases. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: Oxford University Press, 1921
653 _aWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain
653 _aWomen -- Employment -- Great Britain
653 _aWeapons industry -- Employees
653 _aChild labor -- Great Britain
700 1 _aHobbs, Margaret A.
830 0 _aPreliminary economic studies of the war, 4
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/cu31924013938687/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72639
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