SOC 606 Study Guide - Final Guide: Essentialism, Cunning Folk, Upper Class
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History of work + family - industrial era: prior to wwii what women were employed outside the home (paid labour) Any employment found must fit around family duties. Merchant capitalism relied on women homeworkers as cheap/vulnerable labour supply. Employing less skilled workers at lower costs enabled merchants to undercut prices charged by artisans for superior costs: prior to wwii if family needed money, married women did paid work where. Manufacturing industry: prior to wwii what occupations were open to women outside the home. Garment industry sweatshops: prior to wwii why did women chose factory work over domestic service. Although female domestics had free room and board + higher wages they were also. Factory work most likely to work in the sex trade on part-time eventually full time basis. Needed plenty of muscle power, energy, and ingenuity to keep up with wide assortment of tasks. Take orders/be submissive without complaint: what are attributes of piece work.
