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[Angels of the Workplace: Women & the Construction of Gender Relations in the Canadian Clothing Industry, 1890-1940]
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Women's work--who defines it, what is its value, how has it changed and where is it going? These are just a few of the questions that two books from the Canadian Social History series try to answer. The titles examine two 'feminine' occupations: the textile worker and the office worker. Angels in the Workplace focuses on women's work in the Canadian clothing industry from 1890-1940, and Contracting Masculinites traces 50 years of women's clerical work in a public sector company, BC Hydro. Steedman and Creese discuss times in work history where discrimination based on gender was accepted as natural because male workers may be supporting families. Moreover, both books focus on how gender is …
