Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex During World War II

by Ruth Milkman

Book Overview

Winner of the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Women's History, the American Historical Association, 1987. Winner of the SOCIALIST REVIEW Book Award

Women's entry into so-called men's work during World War II sparked conflicts at the time and when men returned at war's end. Ruth Milkman delves into the issues in play and the prewar origins of traditional patterns of gender segregation in the workplace. Ranging from the dynamics on the shop floor...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252013573
• ISBN13: 9780252013577
• Release Date: January 1987
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

EXCELLENT

I FOUND THIS BOOK TO BE VERY ENLIGHTENING. BEING IN A MALE DOMINATED UNION ENVIRONMENT MYSELF, AS A WOMEN, I FOUND MANY PARALLELS. IT GAVE ME A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE MINDSET, WHERE IT BEGAN, AND FINALLY HOW IT IS MAINTAINED EVEN TODAY. I FEEL IT WILL HELP IN COPING AND EDUCATING PEOPLE TO OPEN THEIR MINDS TO BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE. IT'S NOT A FIX ALL BUT A START FOR EDUCATING THOSE THAT JUST DON'T "GET IT". HATS OFF TO DR MILKMAN FOR TAKING THE TIME TO PROBE THE SUBJECT THAT EFFECTS ALL WOMEN IN ALL WALKS OF LIFE. THANK YOU!