A major study of the role of women in the labour market of Industrial Revolution Britain. It is well known that men and women usually worked in different occupations, and that women earned lower wages than men. These differences are usually attributed to custom but Joyce Burnette here demonstrates instead that gender differences in occupations and wages were instead largely driven by market forces. Her findings reveal that rather than harming women competition actually helped them by eroding the power that male workers needed to restrict female employment and minimising the gender wage gap by sorting women into the least strength-intensive occupations. Where the strength requirements of an occupation made women less productive than men, occupational segregation maximised both economic efficiency and female incomes. She shows that women's wages were then market wages rather than customary and the gender wage gap resulted from actual differences in productivity.

A major 2008 study of the role of women in the labour market of Industrial Revolution Britain. It is well known that men and women usually worked in different occupations, and that women earned lower wages than men. These differences are usually attributed to custom but Joyce Burnette here demonstrates instead that gender differences in occupations and wages were instead largely driven by market forces. Her findings reveal that rather than harming women competition actually helped them by eroding the power that male workers needed to restrict female employment and minimising the gender wage gap by sorting women into the least strength-intensive occupations. Where the strength requirements of an occupation made women less productive than men, occupational segregation maximised both economic efficiency and female incomes. She shows that women's wages were then market wages rather than customary and the gender wage gap resulted from actual differences in productivity.

Seven sisters face a war in their hometown. Can they stay strong together while the war rages on?

How do you tell a 6-year-old you have breast cancer? How do you tell her what cancer is? My daughter and I faced this dilemma. Children are often the unsung victims when family members undergo traumatic illnesses and treatments. Adults are overwhelmed with the facts and often simply do not know what to tell the children. Children can sense in atmosphere, actions and body language that something traumatic is happening in their home or family. "The Poison Arrow" is a story written for children to give them emotional reassurance and facts about cancer in a way they can understand; to explain what is happening in their parents' or loved ones' bodies; why the family adults get so upset and that this happens through no one's fault. It is by anonymity and chance. Children often imagine they are somehow responsible for illnesses. Combining a fictional story with real-life elements and interactive study materials, "The Poison Arrow" explains what cancer is and how it happens in a clear and easy way for children to understand.