Preface xiii
1 Introduction 1
2 Fordism and Feminization 12
3 The Great Depression and the Triumph of Unionization
27
4 Redefining "Women's Work" 49
5 Wartime Labor Struggles over the Position of Women in
Industry 65
6 The Emergence of a Women's Movement in the Wartime
CIO 84
7 Demobilization and the Reconstruction of "Woman's Place" in
Industry 99
8 Resistance to Management's Postwar Policies 128
9 Epilogue and Conclusion 153
Notes 161
Index 207
Ruth Milkman is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at The CUNY Graduate Center. Her books include On Gender, Labor, and Inequality and L.A. Story: Immigrant Workers and the Future of the U.S. Labor Movement.
"By analyzing the process of work in both the electrical and the
automobile industries, the supplies of male and female labor
available to each, the varying degrees of labor-intensive work, the
proportion of labor costs to total costs, and the extent of male
resistance to female entry into the industry before, during, and
after the war, Milkman offers a historically grounded and detailed
examination of the evolution, function, and reproduction of job
segregation by sex."--Journal of American History
"Analytic sophistication is coupled with a powerfully rendered
narrative: the reader strides briskly along, enjoying one
provocative insight after another while simultaneously absorbed by
the drama of the events."--Women's Review of Books
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