The Hidden Producers
Women's Household Production During the Great Depression
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2371372 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Laura Hollingsworth (University of Toronto), Vappu Tyyskä (University of Toronto) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 3-27 |
| Publication date | 1988-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critical Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0896-9205 • E-ISSN: 1569-1632 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/089692058801500301 |
| OpenAlex | W2026530110 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
Traditionally, European and North American cultures have defined men as the 'breadwinners,' while women have been assigned responsibility for household management and childcare. Men have been expected to earn a 'family wage' to support not only themselves but a wife and children. Concentrating on examining the 'myth of the family wage' in Canada, we explore some of the significant ways in which rural and urban married women outside the paid labor force were able to contribute to the family economy during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Our results demonstrate the centrality of married women's economic eonctibutions to the family, particularly in times of economic duress
Centrality · Demographic economics · Economics · Family economy · Great Depression · Labour economics · Market economy · Political science · Sociology · Wage · Wife · Canadian Identity and History
Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Job Segregation by Sex
The Canadian Economy in the Great Depression
The segregated participation of women in the Canadian labour force, 1941‐71
Women’s Work
Canadian Families in Social-Historical Perspective
Work, and Family Work, Leisure, and Family Roles
Protective Legislation, the Capitalist State, and Working Class Men
The Family Wage
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 1993 - 2013 (21) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |