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Women at Work Ontario 1850-1930 Janice Acton Publisher:  Canadian Women's Educational Press, Toronto, Canada Year Published:  1974   First Published:  Pages:  405pp   Dewey:  331.4 Resource Type:  Book Abstract:  The nine articles here recount in detail the lives of women in the workforce when Toronto was becoming industrialised. Included with the articles are detailed charts, drawings and photographs. Examples are varied: working in "massage" parlours; seamstresses; teachers; student nurses and domestics. The articles detail many aspects of working life. Included are the role and exploitation of women in the workforce in the 19th and early 20th centuries; descriptions of the workday, the woefully inadequate pay and why women were essentially a transient workforce. They also tackle two intertwined subjects. The concept of femininity and its impact on the fight for rights and politically the reasons for their lack of unionisation. Topics Women in the Economy Women & Work Work

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