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Women, work, and politics : Belgium 1830-1914 /

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This is a study of the working women of Belgium from 1830 to 1914. Patricia Penn Hilden argues that the success of Belgium's industrial revolution was uniquely dependant on female labour. She examines the widespread participation of Belgian women in the labour market, and explores their role in...

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Main Author: Hilden, Patricia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford, England ; New York : Clarendon Press, 1993.
Subjects:
Women > Employment > Belgium > History > 19th century.
Women > Employment > Social aspects > Belgium > History > 19th century.
Women and socialism > Belgium > History > 19th century.
Feminism > Belgium > History > 19th century.
Belgium > History > 1830-1914.
Femmes et socialisme > Belgique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Féminisme > Belgique > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Belgique > Histoire > 1830-1914.
Feminism
Women and socialism
Women > Employment
Women > Employment > Social aspects
Belgium
Arbeiterin
Belgien
Vrouwenarbeid.
Vrouwen.
Politieke activiteit.
Socialisme.
1800-1914
Geschichte 1830-1914.
Women > Employment > History
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Introduction
  • 1. The Problem
  • 2. Belgium, 1795-1914
  • pt. II. Women, Work, and the Bourgeois Ruling Class
  • 3. Women in the Textile Mills: Ghent and Verviers
  • 4. Mining Coal
  • 5. Women Miners and the Woman Question
  • 6. Ouvrieres, Werksters, and Elites in the Fin de Siecle
  • pt. III. Women and Politics
  • 7. Working Women in the Period of the First International, 1860-80
  • 8. Working Women and Politics: the Second International
  • pt. IV. Conclusion
  • 9. Belgium in the Belle Epoque.