Author: IJSSELSTEIN, H.A. VAN (1860-1930),
Title: Onderzoek naar den Fabrieksarbeid van Gehuwde Vrouwen in Nederland. [Eerste en enige druk; First and only edition].
Description: 's-Gravenhage, Algemeene Landsdrukkerij, 1911. Small 4°. Original clothbacked printed boards. Frontcover title in monochrome type, printed within a double-barred thin typographical line-border, Dutch State Coat-of-Arms at tail margin, repeated on ti.-p. (ix), 196pp. Many captioned monochrome images on 12 photo-plates, illustrating in-and exteriors of factories where married women were supposed to labour, numerous comparative tables in text and full-page, large extending map with coloured key illustrati8ng the comparison in numbers of married female factory workers and women w2ho don't, appendix, references, table of contents. [Directie van den Arbeid, No. 4]. Detailed dutch language report compiled by the Directorate-General of Labour, about labour and labour conditions for dutch married women, preceded by a general introduction, its objective and modus operandi. description of female workforces and its requirements, selected industrial works: Glass-, pottery and stoneware, brick, food, tobacco and cigar works, dairies, rag selection and paper works, ; impact of industrialwork on health and family, impact on sexual appetite, pregnancy and birth, evaluation, conclusions, summary. A very important socio-economic piece of dutch socio-economic research, supported by numerous comparative statistics. Good to very good copy.

Keywords: research socio-economics labour works females women married conditions wages organization statistics data comparison comparative study history education labour report dutch factories works