Women, Class, Capitalism & the Labour Movement: History

Reading

  • M. Davis, ‘Women & Class’ pp 29-42
  • ‘The Union Makes us Strong’ http://www.unionhistory.info/
  • Angela Davis, ‘Women, Race & Class’
  • Sally Grove, ‘Trico: A Victory to Remember’
  • M. Davis, ‘Comrade or Brother?’

Questions

  • What is job segregation and how did it arise?
  • What is the ‘family wage’?
  • Why and how were women excluded from trade unions?
  • What rights did women fight for in the 19th century?
  • Why did the women’s suffrage movement split?

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