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The First International and the Question of Women’s Work

Abstract The stances of the congresses and General Council The British trade unions and women’s work The tailors of London and the 1867 strike The debate in France and the Paris bookbinders Conclusion

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Women Workers and the International Workingmen’s Association: The Belgian Case

Abstract A prosopographic challenge Gender bias and visibility through marital and family status A working-class milieu marked by “proletarian anti-feminism” A question of the legitimacy of women’s work? A social role? But a committed one Despite egalitarian principles, hostility toward women…

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