Honest Womanhood
Feminism, Feminity and Class Consciousness Among Toronto Working Women 1893-1914
Roberts, Wayne
Publisher: New Hogtown Press, Toronto, Canada
Year Published: 1976
Pages: 60pp ISBN: 0-919940-07-2
Resource Type: Pamphlet
Cx Number: CX9205
A study of women in paid employment in Toronto at the turn of the last century.
Abstract:
A study of women in paid employment in Toronto at the turn of the last century, the pamphlet examines the experience of the working women in the labour force, the realities of paid employment and the wages in a time of emerging capitalism. Also included is an analysis of women's role in the labour movement and the reasons for their relative lack of participation in trade unions and labour politics.
