In dealing with the common experience of women in modern
society, this book provides a deeper insight into European women at
work, at home, at leisure and in their political and educational
functions. Particular emphasis is placed upon the significant
cultural differences between women of various classes and
nationalities.
The first chapters of the book trace the growing importance of
women s work in the economic sector and for modernisation in
general. Data from a wide variety of sources, including census
figures, government and labour reports and personal accounts,
illustrate that women have integrated work roles into a complex
life style. The new image of women in society is analysed in the
light of the numerous educational, political and legal reforms
which took place in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century
and the impact of feminist ideology is discussed in relation to
this.
In its overall presentation this book, first published in 1978,
illustrates the importance of the history of women not only for an
understanding of the female experience but also the process of
modernisation in Western Europe in general.
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