From overalls to aprons? The paid and unpaid labour of southern Alberta women, 1939-1959
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Date
2006
Authors
Bingley, Lindsey
University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
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Lethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2006
Abstract
Canada's declaration of war in 1939 resulted in the creation of a "total war"
economy that necessitated the absorption of all available men, and led to the wide scale
recruitment of women into the military and labour force. The end of the war resulted in
government and media encouragement to return to the home, but despite this emphasis on
home and family, many women developed a two-phase work history. In this thesis, I use
the oral history of sixteen Southern Alberta women to analyze the effect of World War II
on Southern Alberta women's work and family choices, focusing specifically on the
years between 1939 and 1959. I argue that, although the war did not significantly change
the status of women in the paid workforce, it did affect the geographic mobility of
women and the perception of their own work, both paid and unpaid.
Description
vi, 181 leaves ; 29 cm.
Keywords
Dissertations, Academic , World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Alberta , World War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Alberta , World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female , Women -- Alberta -- History -- 20th century