Double Lives : A History of Working Motherhood, Helen McCarthy

Double Lives : A History of Working Motherhood, Helen McCarthyNew Paperback In Britain today, three quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable feature of womens lives after childbirth. Yet a century ago, working mothers were in the minority, excluded altogether from many occupations, whilst their wage earning was widely perceived as a social ill. In Double Lives, Helen McCarthy accounts for this remarkable transformation and the momentous consequences it has had for Britain.

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