The disinherited family : a plea for the endowment of the family / by Eleanor F. Rathbone.

  • Rathbone, Eleanor F. (Eleanor Florence), 1872-1946.
Date:
1924
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Credit: The disinherited family : a plea for the endowment of the family / by Eleanor F. Rathbone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAP. Introduction PART I THE PRESENT ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE FAMILY I The Growth of the Dependent Family . II The Doctrine of a Uniform “Living Wage ” . (a) Does it Fit the Facts ? ..... (b) Has it been Achieved ? ..... (c) Is it Achievable out of the Present National Income ? III The Social Effects of the Present System (a) On the Wage-earner, and on Production (b) On the Wage-earner as Husband and Father (c) On the Children .....•• (d) On the Wife ....... (i) The Wife in the Normal Home . (ii) The Wife of the Bad Husband . (e) On the Widow and Orphan . . . . IV The Woman Wage-earner ...... (a) The Double Standard of Pay .... (5) War-time Experience ...... (c) The Post-War Period (d) Sex Antagonism in Industry : Is “ Equal Pay ” the Cure ? .... (e) The Test Case of “ Equal Pay ’’—the Teaching Pro- fession ..•••••* (/) “ Equal Pay ” in Industry . (<7) “Equal Pay” for Equivalent Work (h) The Responsibility of Women Workers for Depen- dants ....•••• PAGE vii l 14 15 21 29 39 42 49 56 64 69 87 102 112 113 119 125 129 141 147 155 159