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Women and the Economic Miracle: Gender and Work in Postwar Japan
written by Mary Brinton (Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1994), 320 page(s)
This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its status as a world economic leader. Drawing upon historical materials, survey and statistical data, and extensive intervie...
written by Mary Brinton (Berkeley, CA: University of California, 1994), 320 page(s)
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This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its status as a world economic leader. Drawing upon historical materials, survey and statistical data, and extensive interviews in Japan, Mary Brinton provides an in-depth and original examination of the role of gender in Japan's phenomenal postwar economic gr...
This lucid, hard-hitting book explores a central paradox of the Japanese economy: the relegation of women to low-paying, dead-end jobs in a workforce that depends on their labor to maintain its status as a world economic leader. Drawing upon historical materials, survey and statistical data, and extensive interviews in Japan, Mary Brinton provides an in-depth and original examination of the role of gender in Japan's phenomenal postwar economic growth. Brinton finds that the educational system, the workplace, and the family in Japan have shaped the opportunities open to female workers. Women move in and out of the workforce depending on their age and family duties, a great disadvantage in a system that emphasizes seniority and continuous work experience. Brinton situates the vicious cycle that perpetuates traditional gender roles within the concept of human capital development, whereby Japanese society "underinvests" in the capabilities of women. The effects of this underinvestment are reinforced indirectly as women sustain male human capital through unpaid domestic labor and psychological support.
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Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Book
Author / Creator
Mary Brinton
Date Published / Released
1994
Publisher
University of California
Topic / Theme
Women and Development, Work and Class Identity, Economic Development, Sexual Division of Labor, Japanese, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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Women's Productivity in Agricultural Households: How can we think about it? What do we know?
edited by Marion Kalb, fl. 1985 and Jamie Monson, fl. 1985; in Women as Food Producers in Developing Countries (Los Angeles, CA: OEF International, University of California, Los Angeles. African Studies Center and African Studies Association, 1985), 11-18
edited by Marion Kalb, fl. 1985 and Jamie Monson, fl. 1985; in Women as Food Producers in Developing Countries (Los Angeles, CA: OEF International, University of California, Los Angeles. African Studies Center and African Studies Association, 1985), 11-18
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Contributor
Marion Kalb, fl. 1985, Jamie Monson, fl. 1985
Date Published / Released
1985
Publisher
OEF International, University of California, Los Angeles. African Studies Center, African Studies Association
Topic / Theme
Women and Development, Work and Class Identity, Economic Development, Agriculture, Sexual Division of Labor
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"Women Factory Inspectors in the United States"
written by Florence Kelley, 1859-1932, in Social Justice Feminists in the United States and Germany: A Dialogue in Documents 1885-1933, Kathryn Kish Sklar, Anja Schuler, and Susan Strasser, eds. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998). p. 160-167 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998), 13 page(s)
written by Florence Kelley, 1859-1932, in Social Justice Feminists in the United States and Germany: A Dialogue in Documents 1885-1933, Kathryn Kish Sklar, Anja Schuler, and Susan Strasser, eds. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998). p. 160-167 (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1998), 13 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Florence Kelley, 1859-1932
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Topic / Theme
Work and Class Identity, Sexual Division of Labor, Labor Standards
Copyright Message
Reprinted from Social Justice Feminists in the United States and Germany: A Dialogue in Documents, 1885-1933, edited by Kathryn Kish Sklar; Anja Schuler; and Susan Strasser. Copyright © 1998 by Cornell University. Used by permission of the publisher, Cornell University Press.
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Women in Attendance at Sessions of the International Labour Conference 1919-1941
written by Marion Victoria Royce, 1901-1987, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 65, Folder 10, 31pp.) (Northampton, MA) (31 August 1943) , 31 page(s)
written by Marion Victoria Royce, 1901-1987, in Ruth Frances Woodsmall Papers, 1863-1968, of Sophia Smith Collection. Women's History Archive (Box 65, Folder 10, 31pp.) (Northampton, MA) (31 August 1943) , 31 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Date Written / Recorded
31 August 1943, 1943
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Marion Victoria Royce, 1901-1987
Topic / Theme
Work and Class Identity, Peace, International Governance, and International Law, Sexual Division of Labor, Treaties/Conventions
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Women in Professions: Being the Professional Section of the International Congress of Women, London, July 1899 (Vol. 3)
written by International Council of Women; edited by Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1857-1939 (London, England: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900), 229 page(s)
written by International Council of Women; edited by Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1857-1939 (London, England: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900), 229 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Contributor
Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1857-1939
Author / Creator
International Council of Women
Date Published / Released
1900
Publisher
T. Fisher Unwin
Topic / Theme
Work and Class Identity, Women and Education, Sexual Division of Labor, Education as a Source of Women’s Emancipation, Rights to Work
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Women in Social Life: The Transactions of the Social Section of the International Congress of Women, London, July 1899 (Vol. 7)
written by International Council of Women; edited by Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1857-1939 (London, England: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900), 281 page(s)
written by International Council of Women; edited by Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1857-1939 (London, England: T. Fisher Unwin, 1900), 281 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Contributor
Ishbel Maria Marjoribanks Gordon, Marchioness of Aberdeen and Temair, 1857-1939
Author / Creator
International Council of Women
Date Published / Released
1900
Publisher
T. Fisher Unwin
Series
Proceedings of International Council of Women
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Equal Rights for Women
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II. Fascism
written by Hilary Newitt, 1909-2007; in Women Must Choose: The Position of Women in Europe To-Day (London, England: Victor Gollancz, 1937), 1-288
This book examines the conditions of women in Nazi Germany and other fascist countries, under Socialism in Russia, and in Western democracies.
written by Hilary Newitt, 1909-2007; in Women Must Choose: The Position of Women in Europe To-Day (London, England: Victor Gollancz, 1937), 1-288
Description
This book examines the conditions of women in Nazi Germany and other fascist countries, under Socialism in Russia, and in Western democracies.
Collection
Women and Social Movements, Modern Empires Since 1820
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Chapter
Author / Creator
Hilary Newitt, 1909-2007
Date Published / Released
1937
Publisher
Victor Gollancz
Topic / Theme
Work and Class Identity, Sexual Division of Labor, Rights to Work, 20th Century in World History (1914--2000)
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The Training of Homemakers in Japan
written by Sumi Oye, fl. 1928; in Women of the Pacific: Being a Record of the Proceedings of the First Pan-Pacific Women's Conference (Honolulu, HI: Pan-Pacific Union, 1928)
written by Sumi Oye, fl. 1928; in Women of the Pacific: Being a Record of the Proceedings of the First Pan-Pacific Women's Conference (Honolulu, HI: Pan-Pacific Union, 1928)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
Sumi Oye, fl. 1928
Date Published / Released
1928
Publisher
Pan-Pacific Union
Series
Proceedings of Pan-Pacific and South-East Asia Women's Association
Topic / Theme
Work and Class Identity, Sexual Division of Labor
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Women of the Pacific: Being a Record of the Proceedings of the Second Pan-Pacific Women's Conference
written by Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association (Honolulu, HI: Pan-Pacific Union, 1930, originally published 1930, first release 1930), 406 page(s)
Women of the Pacific: Being a Record of the Proceedings of the Second Pan-Pacific Women's Conference
written by Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association (Honolulu, HI: Pan-Pacific Union, 1930, originally published 1930, first release 1930), 406 page(s)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Proceeding
Author / Creator
Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women's Association
Date Published / Released
1930
Publisher
Pan-Pacific Union
Series
Proceedings of Pan-Pacific and South-East Asia Women's Association
Topic / Theme
Women and Development, Political and Human Rights, Women and Sexuality, Birth Control, and Health, Women and Education, Economic Development, Social and Cultural Rights, Equal Rights for Women, Health Rights, Access to Primary Education/Literacy
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Front Cover
written by Constance Smith, fl. 1923; in Women workers' health in Industrial Hygiene and Safety and the International Labour Organisation, Papers Read at the Conference on the International Labour Organisation and Industrial Health, Organized by the League of Nations Union of Great Britain, and Held in London, 19 and 20 June 1923 (Geneva, Geneva Canton: International Labour Organization (ILO), 1923)
written by Constance Smith, fl. 1923; in Women workers' health in Industrial Hygiene and Safety and the International Labour Organisation, Papers Read at the Conference on the International Labour Organisation and Industrial Health, Organized by the League of Nations Union of Great Britain, and Held in London, 19 and 20 June 1923 (Geneva, Geneva Canton: International Labour Organization (ILO), 1923)
Collection
Women and Social Movements, International
Field of Study
Women and Social Movements
Content Type
Front/back matter
Author / Creator
Constance Smith, fl. 1923
Date Published / Released
1923-12, 1923
Publisher
International Labour Organization (ILO)
Topic / Theme
Political and Human Rights, Work and Class Identity, Equal Rights for Women, Labor Standards, Sexual Division of Labor
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