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  • Letters from the war factory: Women workers in World War Two

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    Author(s)
    Fisher, Ron
    Gapp, Rod
    Dobson, Alexandra
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Gapp, Rod P.
    Fisher, Ron J.
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    This article begins to investigate how women working in factories in World War Two dealt with the day-to-day challenges of working life. The research is an exploratory study into an under-researched area that draws on the account of factory work contained in Mass-Observation's contemporaneous publication entitled War Factory. Data is analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis of 30 letters written by women working in a factory in the UK and major themes emerging from the data are identified. The findings suggest that the account of women's work provided in Mass-Observation's publication War Factory does not reflect ...
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    This article begins to investigate how women working in factories in World War Two dealt with the day-to-day challenges of working life. The research is an exploratory study into an under-researched area that draws on the account of factory work contained in Mass-Observation's contemporaneous publication entitled War Factory. Data is analysed by means of a qualitative content analysis of 30 letters written by women working in a factory in the UK and major themes emerging from the data are identified. The findings suggest that the account of women's work provided in Mass-Observation's publication War Factory does not reflect the true nature of factory life or women's contribution to the war effort.
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    Journal Title
    Women in Society
    Volume
    1
    Issue
    Spring
    Publisher URI
    http://www.newport.ac.uk/research/researchcentres/researchcentres/womeninsociety/WISVolume1/Pages/default.aspx
    Copyright Statement
    © 2011 University of Wales. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services not elsewhere classified
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/40922
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