Women at Work: Ontario, 1850-1930

Contents: Introduction / Linda Kealey -- The political economy of Ontario women in the nineteenth century / Leo Johnson -- The wayward worker: Toronto's prostitute at the turn of the century / Lori Rotenberg -- Domestic service in Canada, 1880-1920 / Genevieve Leslie -- "I see and am silent": A short history of nursing in Ontario / Judi Coburn -- Schoolmarms and early teaching in Ontario / Elizabeth Graham -- Besieged innocence: The "problem" and problems of working women: Toronto, 1896-1914 / Alice Klein and Wayne Roberts -- Women during the Great War / Ceta Ramkhalawansingh -- Women in production: The Toronto dressmakers' strike of 1931 / Catherine Macleod -- Women's organization: Learning from yesterday / Dorothy Kidd -- Research guide / Patricia Schulz.

Illustrations by Gail Geltner.