The Fair Sex: Women and the Great Western Railway: Women and the Great Western Railway
5/5
()
Currently unavailable
Currently unavailable
About this ebook
The Great Western Railway struggled with what was called 'the women question' for many years. It had heartily agreed with The Railway Sheet and Official Gazette that 'the first aim of women's existence is marriage, that accomplished, the next is ordering her home'. Yet women were the cheapest form of labour, apart from young girls, presenting the company with a dilemma and the GWR finally succumbed to allowing women to work after heavy external pressures. Using over 100 pictures, Swindon author Rosa Matheson traces the development of this problematic relationship, from its beginnings in the 1870s when women were employed as sewers and netters at Swindon Works, through the changes wrought by the two world wars and the entry of women into railway offices - fiercely opposed by the company and by the unions and many men who resented sharing the lowly paid but prestigious title of 'clerk' with women. The book also uses many original documents and forms as well as written and oral testimonies providing first-hand insights into the women's experiences.
Read more from Rosa Matheson
Swindon Works: The Legend Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWomen and the Great Western Railway Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTerror in the Tunnels: Britain’s Dangerous Railway History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeath, Dynamite & Disaster: A Grisly British Railway History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGWR Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to The Fair Sex
Related ebooks
Britain's Railway Disasters: Fatal Accidents from the 1830s to the Present Day Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAlong Parallel Lines: A History of the Railways of News South Wales 1850-1986 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTracing Your Railway Ancestors: A Guide for Family Historians Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Britain's Railways in the First World War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Suffragette Planners and Plotters: The Pankhurst, Pethick-Lawrence Story Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe History of a Warsaw Insurgent Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHistory, heritage, and colonialism: Historical consciousness, Britishness, and cultural identity in New Zealand, 1870–1940 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLena Ashwell: Actress, Patriot, Pioneer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEssex and Essex Junction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe South Wales Miners: 1964-1985 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Historical Dictionary of Railways in the British Isles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe British Media and Bloody Sunday Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA New History of the Irish in Australia Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSurrender: How British industry gave up the ghost 1952-2012 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmerican Travelers on the Nile: Early US Visitors to Egypt, 1774-1839 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Irish Parliamentary Party at Westminster, 1900–18 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLordship in four realms: The Lacy family, 1166–1241 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Struggle and Suffrage in Glasgow: Women's Lives and the Fight for Equality Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGreat British Adventurers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLabor and Imperial Democracy in Prewar Japan Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Brave Blue Line: 100 Years of Metropolitan Police Gallantry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWe Mean to Be Counted: White Women and Politics in Antebellum Virginia Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Birmingham at War, 1939–45 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBlack Poppies: Britain's Black Community and the Great War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPeople, places and identities: Themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s–1980s Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRaising the White Flag: How Surrender Defined the American Civil War Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mr Midshipman VC: The Short Accident-Prone Life of George Drewry, Gallipoli Hero Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Century of Female Revolution: From Peterloo to Parliament Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Story of Manchester Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Technology & Engineering For You
The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Big Book of Hacks: 264 Amazing DIY Tech Projects Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ultralearning: Master Hard Skills, Outsmart the Competition, and Accelerate Your Career Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The CIA Lockpicking Manual Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Write Effective Emails at Work Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/580/20 Principle: The Secret to Working Less and Making More Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Electrical Engineering 101: Everything You Should Have Learned in School...but Probably Didn't Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Big Book of Maker Skills: Tools & Techniques for Building Great Tech Projects Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The ChatGPT Millionaire Handbook: Make Money Online With the Power of AI Technology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge (Federal Aviation Administration) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5My Inventions: The Autobiography of Nikola Tesla Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 48 Laws of Power in Practice: The 3 Most Powerful Laws & The 4 Indispensable Power Principles Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Systems Thinker: Essential Thinking Skills For Solving Problems, Managing Chaos, Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Smart Phone Dumb Phone: Free Yourself from Digital Addiction Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsU.S. Marine Close Combat Fighting Handbook Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Disappear and Live Off the Grid: A CIA Insider's Guide Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSummary of Nicolas Cole's The Art and Business of Online Writing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fast Track to Your Technician Class Ham Radio License: For Exams July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2026 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Logic Pro X For Dummies Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Complete Titanic Chronicles: A Night to Remember and The Night Lives On Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rust: The Longest War Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Nonsense Technician Class License Study Guide: for Tests Given Between July 2018 and June 2022 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for The Fair Sex
1 rating0 reviews