A rich and detailed picture, across Britain and many other European countries, of the nature of women's factory work, the problems which arose and how women factory inspectors understood and reacted to the problems.

List of Illustrations
Introduction: Why women in the factory?
1. Gender and Class - Male Unions, Political Movements and the Female Vote
2. Women in Industry, Work, Sectors, Age and Marital Status
3. Women, Earnings and the Household - Why the Factory?
4. Accidents, Compensation, Laws and Inspection
5. Middle Class Girls, Education and Entry into the Civil Service
6. The Female Factory Inspectors: How, Why and Who
7. Factory Inspection Activity
8. Class, Gender and Communication
Conclusion
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

BEATRICE MORING is an Associate Professor in Social and Economic History at the University of Helsinki and author of Widows in European Economy and Society, 1600-1920 (Boydell, 2017).