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Catrin Stevens - Voices From the Factory Floor: The Experiences of Women Who Worked in the Manufacturing Industries in Wales, 1945-75 - 9781445649726 - V9781445649726
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Voices From the Factory Floor: The Experiences of Women Who Worked in the Manufacturing Industries in Wales, 1945-75

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Description for Voices From the Factory Floor: The Experiences of Women Who Worked in the Manufacturing Industries in Wales, 1945-75 Paperback. Series: THROUGH TIME. Num Pages: 96 pages, 180 ILLUSTRATIONS. BIC Classification: HB. .
In Wales the post-Second World War period was one of gradual decline for the major, traditional, male-orientated industries of coal, steel and slate. While whole libraries have been devoted to chronicling the rise and fall of the heroic miner and quarryman in Welsh history, the story of working-class Welsh women, who laboured in our factories in Wales during this same period, has been largely neglected and ignored. Voices from the Factory Floor aims to put this right and to allow the women to tell their own stories. Over 200 `factory girls' were recorded in this oral-history project, which was run ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
128
Place of Publication
Chalford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781445649726
SKU
V9781445649726
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99

About Catrin Stevens
Catrin Stevens has written numerous books on Welsh history for adults and children in both Welsh and English. She co-ordinated the Heritage Lottery funded project `Voices from the Factory Floor', under the auspices of Archif Menywod Cymru / Women's Archive of Wales. She is the former Head of History at Trinity College, Carmarthen.

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