From overalls to aprons? The paid and unpaid labour of southern Alberta women, 1939-1959

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dc.contributor.authorBingley, Lindsey
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorMacDonald, Heidi
dc.date.accessioned2007-07-12T17:17:03Z
dc.date.available2007-07-12T17:17:03Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvi, 181 leaves ; 29 cm.en
dc.description.abstractCanada'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.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/339
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2006en
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Historyen
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.subjectWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Albertaen
dc.subjectWorld War, 1939-1945 -- War work -- Albertaen
dc.subjectWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Femaleen
dc.subjectWomen -- Alberta -- History -- 20th centuryen
dc.titleFrom overalls to aprons? The paid and unpaid labour of southern Alberta women, 1939-1959en
dc.typeThesisen
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