Book description
This is a carefully researched A-Z of women's employment, covering over
100 years of change. The entries themselves are based on an
encyclopaedic approach, each full of interest and information, as they
chart the steadily evolving status of women and the career opportunities
open to them. Early occupations considered socially suitable included
nurse, fisherwoman, barmaid and stone picker. The decline of domestic
service and the effect of two World Wars, gave way to the modern era of
access for women to all categories and ranks of employment from
accountants and jet pilots, to diplomats and directors of industry. A
Dictionary of Female Occupations is aimed at genealogists and family
historians, and contains over 300 entries. Each of these has some
explanation of what the job entailed, the historical setting, and
examples or stories of women who were involved with it. This is a
carefully researched A-Z of women's employment, covering over 100 years
of change. The entries themselves are based on an encyclopaedic
approach, each full of interest and information, as they chart the
steadily evolving status of women and the career opportunities open to
them. Early occupations considered socially suitable included nurse,
fisherwoman, barmaid and stone picker. The decline of domestic service
and the effect of two World Wars, gave way to the modern era of access
for women to all categories and ranks of employment from accountants and
jet pilots, to diplomats and directors of industry. A Dictionary of
Female Occupations is aimed at genealogists and family historians, and
contains over 300 entries. Each of these has some explanation of what
the job entailed, the historical setting, and examples or stories of
women who were involved with it.
