
Women at Work
PA Photos(Author)
Ammonite Press
Book
Paperback/Softback
300 pages
978-1-906672-35-5 (ISBN)
Description
This title offers a visual tribute to the 20th Century, with photographs from PA Photos' archives. It is a fascinating pictorial record of the changing role of women at work through 100 years. It is a beautiful gift idea, alone or part of this invaluable series. Suffragettes began the century campaigning for the right to vote, but before its end a woman held the highest political office in Britain. Here the story of the transformation of women's working lives is shown in pictures, sometimes revealing strange anomalies: for example; the prominence of women in pre-war motor racing contrasts sharply with their absence from the sport today. But inexorably, women emerged from the constraints of traditional society and this book provides a fascinating perspective on their journey to the modern day, with images from PA Photos' archives.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
GMC Publications
Product notice
With flaps
Illustrations
full colour throughout, 300 photographs
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-906672-35-5 (9781906672355)
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PA Photos is the photographic agency of the PA Group, the UK's national press agency best known as The Press Association. Established in the 19th Century, the PA has been capturing and archiving news photography for 140 years. Many of these pictures have not been seen since the time that they were first taken: to modern eyes the archives of PA Photos yield a unique insight into Britain's recent past.