Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-271) and index.
Introduction: Setting the Scene -- pt. I. The Problem. Ch. 1. Suffer the Working Day: Women's Work and Endangered Health. Ch. 2. The 'Dangerous Trades'. Ch. 3. Work, Maternity and Domestic Labours. Ch. 4. Out of the Factory: Health and Work in Non-industrial Occupations -- pt. II. Responses. Ch. 5. State Intervention: 'Protective' Legislation and Women's Health. Ch. 6. Medical Men and Women's Occupational Ill-health. Ch. 7. 'Missionaries of the State': Women Factory Inspectors and Women at Work. Ch. 8. Women, Feminism and the Politics of 'Protective' Legislation. Ch. 9. A Concluding Discussion: Toward a Feminist Analysis of the State, Women's Paid Work and Occupational Ill-health -- App. Chronology of Women's Inspectorate Personnel 1893-1921.
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Industrial hygiene-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Industrial hygiene-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
Women-- Employment-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Women-- Employment-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.
Women-- Health and hygiene-- Great Britain-- History-- 19th century.
Women-- Health and hygiene-- Great Britain-- History-- 20th century.