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Taking The Wheel: Selected Aspects Of Windsor's Automotive Working Experience, 1920-1938 (Ontario)., Mark Christopher. Sajatovich
Taking The Wheel: Selected Aspects Of Windsor's Automotive Working Experience, 1920-1938 (Ontario)., Mark Christopher. Sajatovich
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While historians have offered in-depth studies of the growth and development of Canadian unions in the post World War II era, the history of the automative workers during the inter-war years has remained relatively unexplored. This thesis is composed of six chapters, each one examining a major aspect of life for Windsor's automotive workers during this period. In addition to an examination of the worker within the context of the automotive factor, this paper attempts to illustrate the relationships which existed between the worker, the automotive company and his/her family. These experiences and roles of Windsor's automotive workers have not …
Social Workers And Clients: Women At The Merrill-Palmer Institute, 1920-1970 (Michigan)., Helen Leeann. Beggs
Social Workers And Clients: Women At The Merrill-Palmer Institute, 1920-1970 (Michigan)., Helen Leeann. Beggs
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The Merrill-Palmer Motherhood and Home Training School was founded in 1919. It operated independently until the 1970's, when it was absorbed by Wayne State University. Lizzie Merrill-Palmer founded the School with the intention of providing homemaking training to young girls, but over the years the School expanded its services. In my thesis I will focus on the Merrill-Palmer staff and their clients from 1920 to 1970. Through the years, the social workers and the clients both tried to achieve some measure of control or power in their relationship. This interaction was significantly influenced by the factors of race, class, and …
Reconciling Equality And Difference: British Interwar Feminism And The Debate Over Protective Legislation., Anne. Clendinning
Reconciling Equality And Difference: British Interwar Feminism And The Debate Over Protective Legislation., Anne. Clendinning
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Despite ideological and class differences, the suffrage campaign provided a focal point for the British feminist movement. However, after women's partial enfranchisement in 1918 and their increased involvement in national politics, the women's movement as a whole experienced a decline. While this decline was precipitated by several important factors, including male political indifference and the growing interwar "cult of domesticity," most importantly, at least to this paper, was the reemergence of ideological divisions which the suffrage campaign had only temporarily and partially concealed. During the 1920s, discussions over policy and preferred strategies for change polarized social reform and equalitarian feminists …