Grandma Page's Workshop Outwork in Birmingham 1911-1914

Grandma Page's Workshop Outwork in Birmingham 1911-1914

An account of women's participation in the unregulated outwork industries of Birmingham through the memories of Norris Nicholson, whose grandmother operated her own soldering workshop. The declining brass industry used labour outside the factory, and the type of work subcontracted is described....

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Veröffentlicht in:Oral history (Colchester) 1994-04, Vol.22 (1), p.35-42
1. Verfasser: Leach, Belinda
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Children
Coffins
England
Factory labor
Grandmothers
Labor
Metal industry
Mothers
Oral history
Poverty
Skilled trades
Soldering
United Kingdom
Work at home
Working class
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Zusammenfassung:An account of women's participation in the unregulated outwork industries of Birmingham through the memories of Norris Nicholson, whose grandmother operated her own soldering workshop. The declining brass industry used labour outside the factory, and the type of work subcontracted is described. Outwork sustained families through periods of economic and personal hardship.
ISSN:0143-0955