The Women's History of the WorldExamines women's contribution to the evolution of the human race, and the female achievement on every level-cultural, commercial domestic, emotional, and social. |
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Page 154
... labour ' , reported a Scots pit - woman Isabel Hogg , ' false births [ miscarriages ] are frequent , and very dangerous . ' Isabel Wilson of the East Lothian colliery miscarried five times and delivered her last baby on the Saturday ...
... labour ' , reported a Scots pit - woman Isabel Hogg , ' false births [ miscarriages ] are frequent , and very dangerous . ' Isabel Wilson of the East Lothian colliery miscarried five times and delivered her last baby on the Saturday ...
Page 185
... labour like baking and brewing , but also from their men . Where previously both had been necessary and valued partners in the household unit , wives now had to see their husbands singled out for the special training to perform ...
... labour like baking and brewing , but also from their men . Where previously both had been necessary and valued partners in the household unit , wives now had to see their husbands singled out for the special training to perform ...
Page 234
... labour has shown no sign of diminishing . ' Hoovers ' , washing machines , fridges , dishwashers , food processors and microwave ovens have poured from the laboratories and factories in a continuous stream since the mid - nineteenth ...
... labour has shown no sign of diminishing . ' Hoovers ' , washing machines , fridges , dishwashers , food processors and microwave ovens have poured from the laboratories and factories in a continuous stream since the mid - nineteenth ...
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