Class and gender in British labour history: renewing the debate (or starting it?)

Abstract

Glossary. Section 1, Introduction and theoretical framework: Mary Davis, Introduction Mary Davis, The Making of the English Working Class re- visited: Labour History and Marxist Theory. Section 2, Women & Work: Sian Moore, Gender & Class Consciousness in Industrialisation- the Bradford Woollen Industry Katrina Honeyman, Sweat and sweating- Women Workers and Trade Unions in the Leeds Clothing Trade 1880-1980 Sheila Blackburn, 'The Inspector Can Check a Workroom is Insanitary by Means of His Own Eyes and Nose'- Re-Thinking the Sweatshop in Victorian and Edwardian Britain Linda Clarke & Christine Wall, Skilled versus Qualified Labour Skilled Versus Qualified Labour- the Exclusion of Women from the Construction Industry Caroline Bressey, Black women and Work in England 1880 - 1920 Louise Raw, Striking a Light- Bryant & May Revisited Catherine Hunt, The Fragility of the Union- the work of the National Federation of Women Workers in the Regions of Britain 1906-1914 Section 3, Women and Politics: Sheila Rowbotham, Alice Wheeldon Revisited Annemarie Hughes, Socialist Women in the Inter-War Years.