WS102 Lecture Notes - Expulsion Of The Acadians, Piece Work, Glass Ceiling

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Women's Studies
• Course: WS102
• Professor: Tina Davidson

Document Summary

Change and continuity in women"s experiences of work. *throughout history, farm wives have often enjoyed a relatively equal marriage, where their labour and cash contributions were essential and valuable. *the life of the farm wife was one of repetition, drudgery and isolation. Wives worked to maintain the house, farm and family, and also to earn cash for the farm. Women ran mini businesses, selling everything from surplus eggs, butter, cheese, and preserves, to manufacturing soap, wool, and bread. *however, any profit she made was sunk into the farm, not back into her own business, no matter how profitable it may have been. *industrialization usually caused great upheaval in historical patterns of work and organizing families, society and gender roles. *with industrialization small farm renters were removed from their land, and families moved into paid labour on large farms and in city factories. *women now tended to stay in the home, managing the family"s meagre income.