Women
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From ![]() A feminist intervention that hurt womenFrom: Bent out of Shape |
Karen Messing | 17 | 2021 | $1.70 Add | |
From ![]() A Textile Industry for New EnglandSECTION ONE - From ships’ captains to captains of industry From: A Distinct Alien Race |
This chapter looks at the global economy and textile industry in different contexts at the beginning of the 19th century, then focuses on Boston specifically. It then looks at "Mill … | David Vermette | 15 | 2018 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() NEW! AfterwordAndaiye and the Carribean Radical Organizing Tradition |
This reading consists of the following essays: Andaiye and the Caribbean Radical Organizing Tradition (Anthony Bogues) | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 6 | 2020 | $0.60 Add |
From ![]() Are Generation Y/Millennial Parents More Equal? |
This chapter looks at current gender roles and divisions of domestic/parental labour and asks whether we are on a good path towards equality. The author tries to get to the root of inequality for … | Marilyse Hamelin | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Backing the AttackWomen Workers at War From: Material Traces of War |
Women pushed against many barriers during the world wars, breaking through some and weakening others, and the labour force was one of them. The women in this chapter came from a variety of … | Krista Cooke; Molly McCullough; Stacey Barker | 66 | 2021 | $6.60 Add |
![]() Bent out of ShapeShame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work |
Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she … | Karen Messing | 276 | 2021 | View |
From ![]() Between a Rock and a Hard PlaceMaking Occupational Health Compatible with Gender Equality From: Sick and Tired |
Gender and Sex Segregation at Work Other Gendered Characteristics of Working Life Gendered Division of Occupational Health Effects Risks in Work Usually Assigned to Women Risks Associated with … | Karen Messing | 13 | 2018 | $1.30 Add |
From ![]() NEW! BorderlandsFrom: Wanda’s War |
Chapter 1 explores the turbulent history of Poland leading up to the Second World War, in particular, the borderland region of the Kresy that straddles the modern day borders of Poland, Belarus … | Marsha Faubert | 15 | 2023 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() Capital and the LeftFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This chapter focuses on the past and future of the feminist movement, divisions in this movement, and the connection between feminism and socialism. | Silvia Federici | 7 | 2021 | $0.70 Add |
![]() NEW! Class ActionHow Ontario's Elementary Teachers Became a Political Force |
In this inspiring history of a union, labour historian Andy Hanson delves deep into the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and how it evolved from two deeply divided unions … | Andy Hanson | 276 | 2021 | View |
From ![]() Community PerspectiveAngela Crockwell From: Rock Paper Sex |
This interview with Angela Crockwell, who works in St. John’s Newfoundland in community outreach, discusses systemic barriers to poverty and ideal services to alleviate poverty and increase … | Keri Cull | 12 | 2017 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() Community PerspectiveSafe Harbour Outreach Project From: Rock Paper Sex |
This chapter is an interview with Safe Harbour Outreach Project and it touches on the challenges sex workers face, including criminalization and stigma of it, and how those challenges can be … | Keri Cull | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
From ![]() Community PerspectiveGovernment/Outreach Employee From: Rock Paper Sex |
This interview with an anonymous government worker discusses homelessness and its connection to sex workers and human trafficking. | Keri Cull | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() Community ResourcesFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
This chapter provides a list of services helpful to those connected to sex work. | Keri Cull | 4 | 2017 | $0.40 Add |
From ![]() ConclusionNecessary Changes |
The conclusion reiterates the need to strive towards better parental and gender equality in Quebec, reiterating key arguments and touching briefly on valuable topics/angles that the book did not … | Marilyse Hamelin | 18 | 2018 | $1.80 Add |
From ![]() ConclusionFrom: Through the Mill |
The conclusion reiterates the key role of women in the establishment and development of Canada’s cotton textile industry. | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 10 | 2018 | $1.00 Add |