ABSTRACT
This conclusion aims to bring together a number of strands this study has raised in exploring working women’s health in the paid labour market. Many problems of poor working conditions generally and hazards associated with particular kinds of work gave rise to occupational ill-health. Working women of all classes and in all kinds of work were confronted with such problems and suffered the consequences throughout the period. In addition to the experience of work and work-related illhealth, women’s work was also represented as a problem within a set of mutually constitutive discursive frameworks that drew on wider social values. There were a variety of responses, both conceptual and practical, from different groups or sections of society. From the perspective of the various interest groups, the potential threats of working conditions to women’s health were framed in particular ways. Such definitions provided a basis for action.
