The employment of working class women in Leeds, 1880-1914

Between 1880 and 1914 women's industrial employment in Leeds was transformed by the introduction of the factory system in the consumer-goods trades. Women came to predominate in ready-made tailoring, but have been neglected in histories of the city. Recent studies have argued that a. focus on t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hannam, June B.
Published: University of Sheffield 1984
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.280258