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A Labour of Love: Women, Work and Caring (Routledge Library Editions: Women and Work) by Janet Finch and Dulcie Groves is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
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<p>What are the realities of 'community care' - the unpaid care given by hundreds of thousands of women, often in their own homes - for children and adults who are handicapped or chronically sick, or for frail elderly people? Originally published in 1983, this book explores the experiences of such women and the dilemmas which 'caring' poses for them. At a time when most women needed to earn money from a paid job, how did 'carers' manage to juggle their caring and other domestic responsibilities,
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Janet Finch and Dulcie Groves
- Publisher
- Routledge, Chapman & Hall, Incorporated
- Published
- 2022
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780710095046
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Gender Studies, Science, Women'S Studies
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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