"A Strike of Girls": Gender and Class in the British Metal Trades, 1913.

Our intent is to investigate the nature of capitalist patriarchy by writing women workers back into the story of the Black Country Strike. Conventional accounts of this important conflict in the British midlands have depicted the outcome as a "victory for the workpeople," but such claims have failed...

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Published in:	Journal of Historical Sociology Vol. 12; no. 2; pp. 158 - 181
Main Authors:	Staples, Clifford L., Staples, William G.
Format:	Article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jun99
Subjects:	Patriarchy Women employees Strikes & lockouts Hierarchies Gender identity Allegiance Capitalism
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