Breadwinning daughters : young working women in a depression-era city, 1929-1939 /
Katrina Srigley.
- xii, 206 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm.
- Studies in gender and history .
- Studies in gender and history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Young working women in a Depression-Era world -- Breadwinning girls and substitute mothers : negotiating family responsibilities -- Young women's job options in an urban labour market in the 1930's -- Where is a woman safe? City spaces, workplaces, and households -- The rough 'n' ready spinsters' club : working women's leisure and respectability.
1442640294 9781442640290 1442610034 9781442610033
2010291220
Young women--Employment--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century. Single women--Employment--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century. Women employees--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century. Women employees--Social conditions--Ontario--Toronto--20th century. Women employees--Economic conditions--Ontario--Toronto--20th century. Depressions--Ontario--Toronto.--1929