dc.contributor.author | Atkinson, Diane | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-07-21T16:06:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2011-07-21T16:06:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1994 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/1381 | |
dc.description | PhD | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This thesis examines the development of female homework as a social
and political issue from 1880-1909. Special attention is given to
homework in Spitalfields, East London. The study examines the
formation and conduct of the campaign to reform the law and preserve
the 'sanctity' of the Victorian home. We focus on the role of
philanthropists, social reformers, the medical profession and the
Press in bringing about greater public awareness of the problem of
women's homeworking; and evaluate the impact of the campaign on
government policy and legislation. The thesis traces the formulation
and definition of the homework problem in. four distinct but
overlapping phases: as a public health issue; as a 'dangerous trade';
as a problem of Motherhood, Race and Empire; and finally of underpaid
labour. The Parliamentary processes which led to the 1909 Trade
Boards Act are examined. The supportive response to the legislation
by The Women's Industrial Council and women trade unionists
(Clementina Black and Mary MacArthur); by the militant women's
suffrage campaign (the Women's Social and Political Union); and by
the Press (The Lancet and The Daily News) and the Anti-Sweating
League (George Cadbury, Gertrude Tuckwell et al. ) is considered as
indicative of the large measure of consensus on homework which was to
remain in force for more than half a century. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Queen Mary University of London | |
dc.subject | Materials Science | en_US |
dc.title | The politics of female homework: with special reference to Spitalfields 1880-1909 | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author | |