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A Female Economy: Women's Work in a Prairie Province, 1870-1970
Contributor(s): Kinnear, Mary (Author)

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ISBN: 0773517340     ISBN-13: 9780773517349
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
OUR PRICE: $71.25  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 1998
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Annotation: A Female Economy analyses a hundred years of women's work in Manitoba from the province's entry into Confederation in 1870 to the publication of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Status of Women in 1970. Mary Kinnear shows that, whether women were working in the household or on a farm for no direct monetary reward or working for wages in the industrial, service, and professional sectors, their work was undervalued.

Kinnear details how ordinary women -- including early pioneers, East European immigrants, Native women, and professional women -- lived and what they thought of the world of work, often telling their stories in their own words. She highlights the cultural and economic expectations for women and juxtaposes the activities society deemed suitable for women with what they actually did. Kinnear argues that a host of factors, such as class and ethnicity, differentiated their choices but that these women shared many common experiences.

While women's own views furnish the main theme, A Female Economy contributes to a developing debate in feminist economics. By focusing on women's experiences in the sexually segregated economy of a Canadian province at the geographic centre of Canada, Kinnear furnishes a paradigm for women's economic activity in most western industrializing societies at the time.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Women's Studies
- Social Science | Feminism & Feminist Theory
- Political Science | Labor & Industrial Relations
Dewey: 305.42
LCCN: 00550525
Physical Information: 0.86" H x 9.35" W x 6.22" L (1.05 lbs) 1 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1900-1949
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Chronological Period - 1950-1999
- Cultural Region - Canadian
- Geographic Orientation - Manitoba
- Sex & Gender - Feminine
Features: Illustrated
 
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Publisher Description:
This book analyses a hundred years of women's work in Manitoba from the province's entry into the Confederation in 1870. It provides an overview of women's place in the work force.
 
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