ABSTRACT
Statistics for the UK indicate how women’s participation in the labour market grew during the twentieth century. For example, employer-based surveys indicate that in 1959 there were 7.9 million women in the labour force. By 1999 this figure had risen to 12.8 million (National Statistics, 2001a)). The National Statistics Office notes that this increase has come mainly from a strong rise in the participation rates of married women and arose particularly during and immediately following the Second World War (National Statistics, 2001b).
