Women at Work

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.