ABSTRACT
Preface 9 1 Working women today: a wasted resource 13 2 Pre-industrial woman 27 3 The Industrial Revolution 38 4 Trade unions: men only 53 5 The professions close ranks 66 6 The two world wars: votes and jobs 82 7 Women's attitudes to work 98 8 Work's attitudes to women 115 9 Women and the professions today: too little,
too late 129 10 Married women: burying the talents 137 11 Second thoughts set in 151 12 Equality and the law 160
Notes to chapters 175 Index 181
