Amy Erickson
It is commonly assumed that women entered the workforce in significant numbers only after the World Wars of the 20th century. While women may have been occupied with household duties in previous centuries, the assumption goes, they were much less likely than men to engage in paid labour. This blog explains why a) that’s wrong, and b) the issue is much more complicated than simply a progressive increase in women earning their own salary.
Tags: domestic labour, economic history, gender pay gap, industrial revolution, social history, women's employment, women's history, women's wages, women's work
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