Awards

• Commended for John A. Macdonald Prize awarded by Canadian Historical Association 2011 (Canada)

Overview

The increased participation of women in the labour force was one of the most significant changes to Canadian social life during the quarter century after the close of the Second World War. Transforming Labour offers one of the first critical assessments of women's paid labour in this era, a period when more and more women, particularly those with families, were going 'out to work'. Using case studies from across Canada, Joan Sangster explores a range of themes, including women's experiences within unions, Aboriginal women's changing patterns of work, and the challenges faced by immigrant women. By charting women's own efforts to ameliorate their work lives as well as factors that re-shaped the labour force, Sangster challenges the commonplace perception of this era as one of conformity, domesticity for women, and feminist inactivity. Working women's collective grievances fuelled their desire for change, culminating in challenges to the status quo in the 1960s, when they voiced their discontent, calling for a new world of work and better opportunities for themselves and their daughters.

Full Product Details

Author:   Joan Sangster
Publisher:   University of Toronto Press
Imprint:   University of Toronto Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780802096524

ISBN 10:   0802096522
Pages:   416
Publication Date:   22 May 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"Table of Contents Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: Representations and Realities: The Shifting Boundaries of Women's Work Chapter 2: Gender, Ethnicity, and Immigrant Women in Postwar-Canada: The Dionne Textile Workers Chapter 3: Women and the Canadian Labour Movement during the Cold War Chapter 4: 'Souriez Pour les Clients': Retail Work, Dupuis Frères, and Union Protest Chapter 5: Discipline and Grieve: Gendering the Fordist Accord Chapter 6: Aboriginal Women and Work in Prairie Communities Chapter 7: Tackling the ""Problem"": of the Woman Worker: The Labour Movement, Working Women and the Royal Commission on the Status of Women Conclusion: Putting Contradictions in Context Notes Bibliography Index"

Reviews

‘Sangster’s book is a welcome addition to the growing body of research on women’s work and family lives in the three decades after the Second World War…It is refreshing to find a book that still sees working women as historical subjects rather than as abstract constructs.’ -- June Hannam , <em> Labour/le Travail, vol68: 2011 </em>

'Sangster's book is a welcome addition to the growing body of research on women's work and family lives in the three decades after the Second World War...It is refreshing to find a book that still sees working women as historical subjects rather than as abstract constructs.' -- June Hannam , Labour/le Travail, vol68: 2011

Author Information

Joan Sangster is a Vanier Professor Emeritus at Trent University.

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