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OverviewAs one of the most difficult periods of the twentieth century, the Great Depression left few Canadians untouched. Using more than eighty interviews with women who lived and worked in Toronto in the 1930s, Breadwinning Daughters examines the consequences of these years for women in their homes and workplaces, and in the city's court rooms and dance halls. In this insightful account, Katrina Srigley argues that young women were central to the labour market and family economies of Depression-era Toronto. Oral histories give voice to women from a range of cultural and economic backgrounds, and challenge readers to consider how factors such as race, gender, class, and marital status shaped women's lives and influenced their job options, family arrangements, and leisure activities. Breadwinning Daughters brings to light previously forgotten and unstudied experiences and illustrates how women found various ways to negotiate the burdens and joys of the 1930s. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Katrina SrigleyPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 15.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 23.50cm Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9781442640290ISBN 10: 1442640294 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 05 December 2009 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviews'This book is an important and needed addition to Depression era historiography, labour studies, and oral history, and goes a long way in balancing the previous literature on? male employment and unemployment.'--Heidi MacDonald, Left History: vol15:01:2011 Author InformationKatrina Srigley is an assistant professor in the Department of History at Nipissing University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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