'Manning the Factories': Propaganda and Policy on the Employment of Women, 1939–1947

During WWII, the UK mobilized women to a higher degree than any other nation engaged in the war, and women entered the British workplace in large numbers. Historians have debated the social and economic consequences of the mobilization of women, but few have examined the role of propaganda in the wa...

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Published in:History (London) 1990-06, Vol.75 (244), p.232-256
Main Author: CARRUTHERS, SUSAN L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Employment
Human resources
Labor
Men
Military service
Peacetime
Propaganda
War
Women
Workforce
Working women
World War II
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Summary:During WWII, the UK mobilized women to a higher degree than any other nation engaged in the war, and women entered the British workplace in large numbers. Historians have debated the social and economic consequences of the mobilization of women, but few have examined the role of propaganda in the wartime mobilization of women and in postwar employment patterns.
ISSN:0018-2648
1468-229X
DOI:10.1111/j.1468-229X.1990.tb01516.x