The disinherited family : a plea for direct provision for the costs of child maintenance through family allowances / by Eleanor F. Rathbone.

  • Rathbone, Eleanor F. (Eleanor Florence), 1872-1946.
Date:
[1927]
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Credit: The disinherited family : a plea for direct provision for the costs of child maintenance through family allowances / by Eleanor F. Rathbone. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAP. PAG* Introduction ♦•••••.. vii PART I THE PRESENT ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE FAMILY I The Growth op the Dependent Family ... 1 II The Doctrine op a Uniform “Living Wage ” . .14 (o) Does it Fit the Facts ?..... 15 (6) Has it been Achieved ? . . . . .21 (c) Is it Achievable out of the Present National Income ? 29 III The Social Effects op the Present System . . 39 (а) On the Wage-earner, and on Production . . 42 (б) On the Wage-earner as Husband and Father . 49 (c) On the Children ....... 56 (d) On the Wife 64 (i) The Wife in the Normal Home ... 69 (ii) The Wife of the Bad Husband ... 87 (e) On the Widow and Orphan .... 102 IV The Woman Wage-earner 112 (o) The Double Standard of Pay . . . .113 (6) War-time Experience . . . . . .119 (c) The Post-War Period . . . . . .125 (d) Sex Antagonism in Industry : Is “ Equal Pay ” the Cure T .... 129 (e) The Test Case of “ Equal Pay ”—the Teaching Pro- fession (/) “Equal Pay” in Industry 147 (9) “ Equal Pay ” for Equivalent Work . . .155 (h) The Responsibility of Women Workers for Depen- dants