Class and Gender in British Labour History

Overview

Examining the “making” of women within working class as workers, trade unionists, and political activists, this discussion features contributions from leading and up-and-coming women labor historians. Without presenting a chronological survey, this study revisits the terrain vacated by standard labor history and weaves together an intricate relationship between class and gender, particularly within the process of industrialization. Suitable both for the specialist and the generalist, this reference also provides a thematic text linking the separate parts into a coherent whole.

Author Biography

Mary Davis is a former professor of labor history at London Metropolitan University, former head of the Center for Trade Union Studies, and the former deputy director of the Working Lives Research Institute. She has written, broadcast, and lectured widely on women’s history, labor history, imperialism, and racism.