Discounted labour : women workers in Canada, 1870-1939 / Ruth A. Frager and Carmela Patrias

Between 1870 and 1939, during the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, many women joined the paid workforce and began their struggle for fair wages and access to better jobs. Discounted Labour takes a historical look at the inequality of women in the paid labour force, examines why women became confined to low-wage jobs, why their work was considered less valuable than men's, why women lacked training, job experience and union membership and how women have fought against the gender division of class and the sex-segmented labour market..

Discounted Labour can be found on the shelves at HD 6099 .F72 2005