1. BergMaxineWhat difference did women's work make to the Industrial Revolution? History Workshop Journal 1993352244BergMaxineHudsonPatRehabilitating the industrial revolution Economic History Review 1992XLV2450HorrellSaraHumphriesJanewomen's labour force participation and the transition to the male-breadwinner family 1790-1865 Economic History Review 1995XLVIII89117
2. See for examplePinchbeckIvy Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution Virago; first edition 1930London1985reprintEric Richards (1974) Women in the British economy since about 1700, History, LIX, pp. 337-57. For a fuller bibliography see Pamela Sharpe (1995) Continuity and change: women's history and economic history in Britain, Economic History Review, XLVIII, pp. 353-369
3. JohnAngelaV. By the Sweat of their Brow: women workers at Victorian coal mines Routledge & Kegan PaulLondon1980BradleyHarriet Men's Work, women's Work Polity PressCambridge1989Mary Frefield (1986) Technological change and the ‘self-acting’ mule: a study of skill and the sexual division of labour, Social History, 11, pp. 319-345
4. See the classic work of Tilly & Scott for the impact of the life-cycle on women's employmentTillyLouiseA.ScottJoanW. Women, Work and Family Holt, Rinehart & WinstonNew York1978
5. See the controversy between Bridget Hill and Judith Bennett in this journal.HillBridgetwomen's history: a study in change, continuity or standing still? Women's History Review 19932522BennettJudithwomen's history: a study in continuity and change Women's History Review 19932173184 The impact of capitalism on women's employment in agriculture in England is considered by K. D. M. Snell (1985) Annals of the Labouring Poor (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) but see Pamela Sharpe (1996) Adapting to Capitalism: working women in the English economy, 1700-1850 (London & New York: Macmillan/St Martin's Press), chapter 4. For an overview,ThomasJanetWomen and Capitalism: oppression of emancipation? Comparative Studies in Society and History 198830534549