Women Workers in the General Post Office,1939-1945. Gender conflict or political emancipation?

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Author(s) Crowley, Mark J
Publication type Dissertation, PhD
Year published 2010
Publisher Institute of Historical Research
Place Published London

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Name Worker / employee & work, women alone
Name Corporate culture issues
Name Worker / employee & industrial relations inc conflict, negotiation, demarcation, perogative, etc
Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict

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Name London University Library
City London
County Greater London
Country England
Postcode WC1E 7HU
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Provides a detailed analysis of the female workforce of the General Post Office, 1939-45, then Britain's largest employer of women, dealing with gender issues, roles, extent of change in the period, influence on this of trade unions, extent to which the culture and values of the GPO were changed through participation in workforce, etc