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Discusses female workers in Quebec during the period between the two World Wars, 1919-1939. Analyzes the unique aspects of female labour in Quebec. Examines the living and working conditions and ideologies of femininity during this particular period. Concludes that the connection between waged work and the achievement of civil rights is a complex and indirect one. Argues that it is necessary to stop investigating women as a homogenous group, instead taking into account the differences between women.