Discounted Labour
Frager, Ruth / Patrias, Carmela
The years between 1870 and 1939 were a crucial period in the growth of industrial capitalism in Canada, as well as in time when many women joined the paid workforce. Yet despite the increase in employment, women faced a difficult struggle in gaining fair remuneration for their work and in gaining access to better Jobs. Discounted Labour analyses the historical roots of women's persistent inequality in the paid labour force. Ruth A. Frager and ...
