|
|
|
Book Review
Canada and the United States
Linda Kealey. Enlisting Women for the Cause: Women, Labour, and the Left in Canada, 18901920. (Studies in Gender and History, number 8.) Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press. 1998. Pp. x, 335. Cloth $60.00, paper $24.95.
|
This book examines the actions of women workers at a critical time in the formation of Canada as a modern economy and state. Between 1890 and 1920, women worked for pay in jobs that were mainly sexually segregated under conditions worse than those of male workers. Some sectors of the economy that employed a lot of women, such as domestic service and agriculture, do not figure prominently in this study, which concentrates on the women employed in larger workplaces and factories. Linda Kealey uses a wide range of evidence to explore women's experience, and she is particularly interested in their resistance to capitalist exploitation. |
. . . |
There are about 361 more words in this article.
Please log in (or, if you are not yet an
authorized user, please go to the
User Setup page) to gain full access rights. Or if you're already logged in register your subscription.
|