Description
In Women's Work the authors blend newly available quantitative evidence with historical narrative to show that distinctive regional school structures and related cultural patterns account for the initial regional difference, while a growing recognition that women could handle the work after they temporarily replaced men during the Civil War helps explain this widespread shift to female teachers later in the century. Yet despite this shift, a significant gender gap in pay and positions remained. This book offers an original and thought-provoking account of a remarkable historical transition.
Book Information
ISBN 9780226660394
Author Joel Perlmann
Format Hardback
Page Count 192
Imprint University of Chicago Press
Publisher The University of Chicago Press
Weight(grams) 397g