Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II (Working Class in American History)

Gender at Work: The Dynamics of Job Segregation by Sex during World War II (Working Class in American History) by Milkman, Ruth. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780252013577.

Winner of the Joan Kelly Memorial Prize in Womens History, the American Historical Association, 1987. Winner of the SOCIALIST REVIEW Book Award Womens entry into so-called mens work during World War II sparked conflicts at the time and when men returned at wars end. Ruth Milkman delves into the issues in play and the prewar origins of traditional patterns of gender segregation in the workplace. Ranging from the dynamics on the shop floor to hiring patterns, Milkman pays particular attention to automobile and electrical manufacturing. She analyzes a number of persistent questions, including managements decision to re-embrace gender segregation after the war; womens lack of protest; the failure of unions to protect women; and how related employer strategies helped control labor by maintaining womens place as workers paid less than men.