Woman's Work in Modern Society (Classic Reprint)

Woman's Work in Modern Society (Classic Reprint)

Author: M. F. Cusack

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2017-12-16

Total Pages: 382

ISBN-13: 9780332964720

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Excerpt from Woman's Work in Modern Society They have mastered, or still are effectually striving to master, their mental powers, which are at once the source of human weakness and of human strength. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Work Like a Woman

Work Like a Woman

Author: Mary Portas

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2019-07-23

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 1784163627

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'There aren't many books that can claim to change your life, but this one will.' Clare Balding 'A force for good, for change. This book will make you change the way you think. Mary is my hero.' Scarlett Curtis, author of Feminists Don't Wear Pink Are you ready to be your best self at work? Packed with advice, tips and decades of business experience from Mary Portas, this is a book for every one of us: whatever level you are, wherever you work. It's about calling time on alpha culture and helping every one of us to be happier, more productive and collaborative. It's time to #WorkLikeAWoman. 'Mary Portas doesn't want to lean in, she wants a whole new office culture.' Evening Standard


Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times

Author: Elizabeth Wayland Barber

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1995-09-17

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 0393285588

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"A fascinating history of…[a craft] that preceded and made possible civilization itself." —New York Times Book Review New discoveries about the textile arts reveal women's unexpectedly influential role in ancient societies. Twenty thousand years ago, women were making and wearing the first clothing created from spun fibers. In fact, right up to the Industrial Revolution the fiber arts were an enormous economic force, belonging primarily to women. Despite the great toil required in making cloth and clothing, most books on ancient history and economics have no information on them. Much of this gap results from the extreme perishability of what women produced, but it seems clear that until now descriptions of prehistoric and early historic cultures have omitted virtually half the picture. Elizabeth Wayland Barber has drawn from data gathered by the most sophisticated new archaeological methods—methods she herself helped to fashion. In a "brilliantly original book" (Katha Pollitt, Washington Post Book World), she argues that women were a powerful economic force in the ancient world, with their own industry: fabric.