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Labor of love, labor of sorrow Labor of love, labor of sorrow Jacqueline Jones An historical study of the roles of Black women examines the weight of racial prejudice and sexual discrimination on the dual responsibilities of Black women as bread winners and guardians of family … OL1965374W
Fabrieksmeisjes Fabrieksmeisjes Leslie T. Chang Beschrijving van het leven van twee jonge Chinese vrouwen die hun familie op het platteland achtergelaten hebben om een beter bestaan op te bouwen in de industriestad Dongguan. Oorspr. titel: Factory… OL25072035W
Opera Muliebria Opera Muliebria David Herlihy In Opera Muliebria--from the medieval Latin term for "women's labors"--original sources are imaginatively examined, and used to trace women's involvement in productive activities throughout Europe--f… OL3360312W
Disposable women and other myths of global capitalism Disposable women and other myths of global capitalism Melissa W. Wright Everyday, around the world, women who work in the third world factories of global firms face the idea that they are disposable. Melissa W. Wright explains how this notion proliferates, both within an… OL8105241W
The Women's Movement and Women's Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain The Women's Movement and Women's Employment in Nineteenth Century Britain Ellen Jordan In the first half of the nineteenth century the main employments open to young women in Britain were in teaching, dressmaking, textile manufacture and domestic service. After 1850, however, young wo… OL9172995W