The politics of conservative reform:The equal pay for equal work issue, 1945–1955

The Historical Journal

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 401-415

  Smith, Harold L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

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EID: 34347294597     PISSN: 0018246X     EISSN: 14695103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0018246X00025863     Document Type: Article

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