Breadwinning daughters : young working women in a depression-era city, 1929-1939 /
Srigley, Katrina, 1973-
Breadwinning daughters : young working women in a depression-era city, 1929-1939 / Katrina Srigley. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages : illustrations, portraits). - Studies in gender and history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Young working women in a Depression-Era world -- Breadwinning girls and substitute mothers : negotiating family responsibilities -- Young women's job options in an urban labour market in the 1930's -- Where is a woman safe? City spaces, workplaces, and households -- The rough 'n' ready spinsters' club : working women's leisure and respectability.
Katrina Srigley argues that young women were central to the labour market and family economies of Depression-era Toronto.
9781442685253
Young women--Employment--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Single women--Employment--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Women employees--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Women employees--Social conditions--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Women employees--Economic conditions--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Depressions--Ontario--Toronto.--1929
Depressions--1929--Toronto.--Ontario
Single women--Employment--Toronto--History--Ontario--20th century.
Toronto (Ont.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Women employees--Toronto--Economic conditions--Ontario--20th century.
Women employees--Toronto--History--Ontario--20th century.
Women employees--Toronto--Social conditions--Ontario--20th century.
Young women--Employment--Toronto--History--Ontario--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HD6100 / .B743 2010
Breadwinning daughters : young working women in a depression-era city, 1929-1939 / Katrina Srigley. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xii, 206 pages : illustrations, portraits). - Studies in gender and history .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Young working women in a Depression-Era world -- Breadwinning girls and substitute mothers : negotiating family responsibilities -- Young women's job options in an urban labour market in the 1930's -- Where is a woman safe? City spaces, workplaces, and households -- The rough 'n' ready spinsters' club : working women's leisure and respectability.
Katrina Srigley argues that young women were central to the labour market and family economies of Depression-era Toronto.
9781442685253
Young women--Employment--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Single women--Employment--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Women employees--History--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Women employees--Social conditions--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Women employees--Economic conditions--Ontario--Toronto--20th century.
Depressions--Ontario--Toronto.--1929
Depressions--1929--Toronto.--Ontario
Single women--Employment--Toronto--History--Ontario--20th century.
Toronto (Ont.)--Social conditions--20th century.
Women employees--Toronto--Economic conditions--Ontario--20th century.
Women employees--Toronto--History--Ontario--20th century.
Women employees--Toronto--Social conditions--Ontario--20th century.
Young women--Employment--Toronto--History--Ontario--20th century.
Electronic Books.
HD6100 / .B743 2010