No more library classes for Catherine: Marital status, career progression and library employment in 1950s England

Women's Studies International Forum

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-224

  Liladhar, Janine ^a   Kerslake, Evelyn ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT; WOMENS STATUS;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0032764311     PISSN: 02775395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-5395(99)00008-4     Document Type: Article

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