Agrarian women, the gender of dairy work, and the two-breadwinner model in the Swedish welfare state:

"In this volume, Lena Sommestad explores the significance of rural womanhood in the formation of Sweden's gender-egalitarian welfare state in the early 20th century. Drawing on a rich array of documents, photographs, and interviews with women and men, she analyzes the changing gender divis...

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Main Author: Sommestad, Lena (Author)
Other Authors: Osterud, Nancy Grey 1948- (Translator, Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2019
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Summary:"In this volume, Lena Sommestad explores the significance of rural womanhood in the formation of Sweden's gender-egalitarian welfare state in the early 20th century. Drawing on a rich array of documents, photographs, and interviews with women and men, she analyzes the changing gender division of labor in dairying and illuminates the dynamic processes and debates that shaped industrial workplaces. The book demonstrates the importance of rural women's gainful labor and organized activism to Sweden's citizenship-based social policies, which enabled married women to combine childrearing with breadwinning"--
Item Description:"Routledge focus."
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 19, 2019)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 148 pages)
ISBN:9780429024665
0429024665
9780429656279
0429656270
9780429658716
0429658710
9780429653834
0429653832

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