Women’s employment has been discussed from many different points of view. Economists stress the reasons for hiring women and the economic consequences of such an act. Their books show; the relation of women’s employment to the profit motive,stress the significance of women as a vast potential labour supply, indicate such problems as arise because of the unorganized state of the female labour market,and discuss the incidence of their entrance into industry upon male employment. Other books have been written from a humanitarian standpoint. These attempt to show certain working conditions experienced by women which call for a remedy. They discuss hours of work, sanitary conditions,wage scales,and other problems in an attempt to arouse interest and bring about social reform and legislative measures. Still other books, frequently statistical and sociological, deal with the social problems which the entrance of women into industry have created in the institution of the home. These may question the advisability of mothers working and take stands as to the effect of employment on child birth, the marriage rate and age, the amount of divorce,and other problems, or they may discuss the effect upon the marriage relationship or the bringing up of children. They may refer to the manner in which the functions of the home are being taken over by outside agencies,or the diminishing parental control. Those written by the feminists state the social and economic aspects which justify the employment of women. They usually raise such issues as the effect of employment upon freedom. They suggest possible future developments to minimize the present problems raised by women working. Books written with an eye to vocational guidance attempt to describe careers and work possibilities. [...]
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.95771 |
| Date | January 1937 |
| Creators | Aikman, Mary E. |
| Contributors | Dr. Dawson (Supervisor) |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Arts (Department of Sociology) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 3476640, Theses scanned by McGill Library. |
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