Women, women's history, and the Industrial Revolution.

From: Social Research | Date: March 22, 1994| Author: Tilly, Louise A. | Copyright information

Studies of women's history and women's role in the British Industrial Revolution show how social historians can fruitfully expand the focus of their subject matter. By recognizing the interdependence of economics, social and political history, and production and reproduction, women's history is able to paint a more relative and telling picture of the Industrial Revolution. The work of Joan Thirsk, Carole Shammas, Pat Hudson, W.R. Lee, Judy Lown and Deborah M. Valenze is used to exemplify the ...

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