This bibliography refers to a large number of unpublished archival sources, as well as more generally available published documents. These archival sources have been identified with a three-letter abbreviation and a reference number. The three-letter abbreviation refers to the archive where the document may be found. The reference number is an identifier used by the archive itself to index and locate the document. It is analogous to a Library of Congress classification number on a printed book. The archival abbreviations are as follows:
GPO | General Post Office Archives |
General Post Office Headquarters | |
Saint Martin-le-grand | |
London | |
LSE | The Library |
London School of Economics | |
Portugal Street | |
London | |
MRC | Modern Records Centre |
The Library | |
University of Warwick | |
Coventry, West Midlands | |
PRO | Public Record Office |
Ruskin Street | |
Kew, Richmond, Surrey |
Aigner, Dennis, and Cain, Glen. 1977. “Statistical Theories of Discrimination in the Labor Market.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 30: 175–87.
Aldcroft, Derek. 1968. British Railways in Transition. New York: Macmillan.
Anderson, B. W. 1974., “Empirical Generalizations on Labor Turnover.” Pp. 33–59 in Richard Pegnetter, ed., Studies in Labor and Manpower. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press.
Anderson, Gregory. 1976. Victorian Clerks. New York: Kelley.
Anderson, Michael. 1971. Family Structure in Nineteenth-Century Lancashire. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Antos, Joseph; Chandler, Mark; and Mellow, Wesley. 1980. “Sex Differences in Union Membership.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 33:162–69.
Armknecht, Paul, and Early, John. 1972. “Quits in Manufacturing: A Study of Their Causes.” Monthly Labor Review 95: 31–37.
Aron, Cynthia. 1980. “To Barter Their Souls for Gold: Female Clerks in Federal Government Offices, 1862–1890.” Unpub. paper.
Averitt, Robert. 1968. Dual Economy: The Dynamics of American Industry Structure. New York: Norton.
Bagwell, Philip. 1963. Railwaymen: A History the of National Union of Railway men. London: Allen and Unwin.
Bain, George. 1970. The Growth of White Collar Unionism. Oxford: Clarenden.
Baker, Elizabeth Faulkner. 1964. Technology and Women’s Work. New York: Columbia University Press.
Bank Introduction. 1875. Introduction of Women to the Savings Bank. GPO, E3613/1875.
Barkin, Solomon. 1961. The Decline of the Labor Movement and What Can Be Done about It. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions.
Barron, R. D., and Norris, G. H. 1976. “Sexual Divisions and the Dual Labor Market.” Pp. 47–69 in Diana Leonard and Sheila Allen, eds., Dependence and Exploitation in Work and Marriage. New York: Longman.
Becker, Gary. 1957. Economics of Discrimination. University of Chicago: Chicago Press.
. 1964. Human Capital: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis with Special Reference to Education. New York: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Beechey, Veronica. 1978. “Women and Production: A Critical Analysis of Some Sociological Theories of Women’s Work.” Pp. 155–97 in Annette Kuhn and AnnMarie Wolpe, eds., Feminism and Materialism: Women and Modes of Production. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul.
Begnoche Smith, Catherine. 1979. “The Influence of Internal Opportunity Structure and Sex of Worker on Turnover Patterns.” Administrative Sciences Quarterly 24: 362–81.
Benet, Mary Kathleen. 1972. Secretary: An Enquiry into the Female Ghetto. London: Sedgwick and Jackson.
Best, Doris. 1938. “Employed Wives Increasing.” Personnel Journal 17: 212–20.
Bevan Letter. 1914. Letter from Bevan to Walkden Concerning Women on Railways. MRC, 55B/3/WEH-1.
Blackburn, Robert. 1967. Union Character and Social Class: A Study of White Collar Unionism. London: Batsford.
Blau, Francine. 1978. “Data on Women Workers: Past, Present and Future.” Pp. 29–62 in Ann Stromberg and Shirley Harkess, eds., Women Working: Theories and Facts in Perspective. Palo Alto, Calif.: Mayfield.
Blau, Francine, and Jusenius, Carol. 1976. “Economists’ Approach to Sex Segregation in the Labor Market: An Appraisal.” Pp. 181–200 in Martha Blaxall and Barbara Reagan, eds., Women and the Workplace: The Implications of Occupational Segregation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Blau, Francine, and Kahn, Lawrence. 1981. “Race and Sex Differences in Quits by Young Workers.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 34: 563–77.
Bliss, William Dwight Porter, and Andrews, John. 1911. “History of Women in Trade Unions.” Vol. 10 of Report on Conditions of Women and Child Wage Earners in the United States. S. 645,61 Cong., 2nd Sess. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Printing Office. Rpt., New York: Arno, 1974.
Blum, Albert. 1971. “Office Employees.” Pp. 3–45 in Albert Blum et al., eds., White Collar Workers. New York: Random House.
Braverman, Harry. 1974. Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century. New York: Monthly Review.
Brenner, Johanna, and Ramas, Maria. 1984. “Rethinking Women’s Oppression.” New Left Review 144: 33–71.
Bridges, William. 1980. “Industry Marginality and Female Employment: A New Appraisal.” American Sociological Review 45: 58–75.
. 1982. “Sexual Segregation of Occupations: Theories of Labor Stratification in Industry.” American Journal of Sociology 88: 270–95.
Brower, F. Beatrice. 1937. Personnel Practices Governing Factory and Office Administration. New York: National Industrial Conference Board.
Burton, John, and Parker, John. 1969. “Interindustry Variations in Voluntary Labor Mobility.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 22: 199–216.
Caplow, Theodore. 1954. The Sociology of Work. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Center, Stella, and Herzberg, Max. 1929. Secretarial Procedure. New York: Ronald.
Chandler, Alfred. 1977. The Visible Hand: Managerial Revolution in American Business. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap.
Christmas Pressure. 1912. Correspondence File on the Employment of Women as Sorters during Christmas and New Year Pressure. GPO, E20693/1912.
Clerical Appointments Committee. 1924. Minutes of the Clerical Appointment Committee of the Great Western Railway. PRO, Rail 250/148–151.
Clerical Work Committee. 1916–28. Minutes of the Great Western Railway Clerical Work Committee. PRO, Rail 250/147.
Cohen, Emmeline. 1941. Growth of the British Civil Service. London: Allen and Unwin.
Cohn, Samuel. 1981. “The Feminization of Clerical Labor in Great Britain: 1857–1937.” Unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Michigan.
Cole, Robert. 1979. Work, Mobility, and Participation: A Comparative Study of American and Japanese Industry. Berkeley, Calif.: University of California Press.
Colours. 1920. Great Western Railwaymen Called to the Colours. PRO, Rail 258/728.
Contract Talks. 1919–20. Transcripts of Negotiations: Negotiating Committee and Railway Clerks Association. MRC, MSS/55/AG/1/1–46.
Convention. 1946. Transcript of the Annual Convention of the Railway Clerks Association. MRC, MSS/55/1/BR/CON/49.
Cook, Alice, and Hayashi, Hiroko. 1980. Working Women in Japan: Discrimination, Resistance and Reform. Ithaca, N.Y.: New York State School of Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University.
Coyle, Grace. 1929. “Women in Clerical Occupations.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences 143: 180–87.
Creighton, W. B. 1979. Working Women and the Law. London: Mansell.
Curtin, Edwards. 1970. White Collar Unionization. National Industrial Conference Board Study in Personnel Policy no. 220. New York: National Industrial Conference Board.
Cyert, Richard, and March, James. 1963. Behavioral Theory of the Firm. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall.
Darlington, George. 1942. Office Management. Rev. ed. New York: Ronald.
Davies, Margery. 1975. “Women’s Place Is at the Typewriter: The Feminization of the Clerical Labor Force.” Pp. 279–96 in Richard Edwards et al., eds., Labor Market Segmentation. Lexington, Mass.: Heath.
. 1982. Women’s Place Is at the Typewriter. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.
Dicksee, Lawrence, and Blain, Herbert. 1906. Office Organization and Management Including Secretarial Work. London: Pitman.
Dinerman, Beatrice. 1969. “Sex Discrimination in the Legal Profession.” American Bar Association Journal 55: 953.
Dublin, Thomas. 1979. Women at Work: Transformation of Work and Community in Lowell, Massachusetts, 1826–1860. New York: Columbia University Press.
Dubnoff, Steven. 1978. “Inter-occupational Shifts and Changes in the Quality of Work in the American Economy, 1900–70.” Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, San Francisco.
Edgeworth, F. Y. 1922. “Equal Pay to Men and Women for Equal Work.” Economic Journal 32: 431–57.
Edwards, Richard. 1979. Contested Terrain: Transformation of the Workplace in America. New York: Basic Books.
Engineering Clerks. 1904. Report of the Committee on the Organization of the Engineer in Chiefs Office. GPO, E18135/1904.
. 1919. Report of the Committee on Engineering Clerical Establishments. GPO, E2451/1919.
Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs. 1981. Women in Law. New York: Basic Books.
Evans, Dorothy. 1934. Women and the Civil Service: A History of the Development and Employment of Women in the Civil Service and a Guide to the Present-Day Opportunities. London: Pitman.
Ex-servicemen’s Employment. 1921. Report on the Appointment and Employment of Ex-servicemen. GPO, M19938/1921.
Fawcett, Millicent. 1918. “Equal Pay for Equal Work.” Economic Journal 18: 1–6.
Feldberg, Roslyn. 1980. “Union Fever: Organizing among Clerical Workers, 1900–30.” Radical America 14: 53–67.
Female Pension. 1927. Papers on the Great Western Railway Female Clerks Superannuation Scheme. PRO, Rail 258/523.
Foner, Philip. 1979. Women and the American Labor Movement: From Colonial Times to the Eve of World War I. Glencoe, N.Y.: Free Press.
. 1980. Women and The American Labor Movement: From World War I to the Present. Glencoe, N.Y.: Free Press.
Freeman, Richard and Medoff, James. 1979. “New Estimates of Private Sector Unionism in the United States.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 32: 143–74.
Fry, Fred. 1973. “Behavioral Analysis of Economic Variables Affecting Turnover.” Journal of Behavioral Economics 2: 247–95.
Gallie, Duncan. 1978. In Search of the New Working Class: Automation and Social Integration within the Capitalist Enterprise. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Gardiner, Glenn. 1929. Practical Office Supervision. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Garfinkle, Stuart. 1975. “Occupations of Women and Black Workers, 1962–74.” Monthly Labor Review 98: 25–35.
General Strike. 1926. Great Western Railway Documents on the General Strike. PRO, Rail 253/451.
Gladden, Edgar Norman. 1967. The Civil Services of the United Kingdom: 1855–1970. London: Cass.
Glenn, Evelyn Nakano, and Feldberg, Roslyn L. 1977. “Degraded and Deskilled: The Proletarianization of Clerical Work.” Social Problems 25: 52–64.
Goods Stations. 1922. Report of the Clerical Work Committee of the Great Western Railway on the Accounts Organization of the Goods Depots of Bristol, Paddington, Gloucester, Swansea, Reading, and Plymouth. PRO, Rail 250/783.
GPO Establishment Books. 1857–1937. The Establishment of the General Post Office with Returns of the Provincial, Dublin, Edinburgh, and Colonial Establishments. GPO, entire PO 59 series.
GPO Women. 1908. Recruitment of Women and Girls to the Post Office. GPO, E12171/1908.
Grand Classification. 1920. Grand Classification of Salaried Staff on Every British Railway Showing the Percentages in Each Class. MRC, Railway Clerk, Dec.
Great Britain Census. 1871. Census of England and Wales. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
. 1881. Census of England and Wales. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
. 1891. Census of England and Wales. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office.
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. 1911. Census of England and Wales. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office.
. 1921. Census of England and Wales. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office.
. 1931. Census of England and Wales. London: His Majesty’s Stationery Office.
Grimm, James. 1978. “Women in Female-Dominated Professions.” Pp. 293–315 in Ann Stromberg and Shirley Harkess, eds., Women Working: Theories and Facts in Perspective. Palo Alto, Calif.: Mayfield.
Gross, Edward. 1968. “Plus Ca Change . . . ? Sexual Structure of Occupations over Time.” Social Problems 16: 198–208.
GWR Petitions. 1914. Great Western Railway Memorials and Petitions of Clerical Staff. PRO, Rail 258/404.
GWR Staff Census. 1919. Great Western Railway Census of Staff. PRO, Rail 253/417.
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GWR Women. 1906. Great Western Railway Correspondence on the Employment of Women. PRO, Rail 258/405.
Hall, C. E. 1902. Postal and Telegraph Clerks: Thirty Years of Agitation. Liverpool: Pearl. GPO.
Hanami, Tadashi. 1965. “Women Workers and Retirement after Marriage.” Japan Labor Bulletin 8: 37–56.
Hanham, H. J. 1960. “Political Patronage at the Treasury: 1870–1912.” Historical Review 3: 75–84.
Hartman, Heidi. 1976. “Capitalism, Patriarchy, and Job Segregation by Sex.” Pp. 137–69 in Martha Blaxall and Barbara Reagan, eds., Women and the Workplace: The Implications of Occupational Segregation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Heritage, James. 1983. “Feminization and Unionization: A Case Study from Banking.” Pp. 131–48 in Eva Gamarnikow et al., eds. Gender; Class, and Work. London: Heinemann.
Hirsch, Barry. 1980. “Determinants of Unionization: An Analysis of Interarea Differences.” Industrial and Labor Relations Review 33: 147–61.
Hobhouse. 1906. Report from the Select Committee on Post Office Servants with the Proceedings of the Committee, Evidence and Index. House of Commons, Sessional Papers, vol. xii, pp. 11–1561.
Hoke, Donald. 1978. “Women and the Typewriter: A Case Study in Technological Innovation and Social Change.” Unpub. paper.
Holcombe, Lee. 1973. Victorian Ladies at Work. Hamden, Conn.: Archon.
Horowitz, Morris, and Herrnstadt, Irwin. 1966. “Changes in the Skill Requirements of Occupations in Selected Industries.” Pp. 223–87 in National Commission on Technology, Automation, and Economic Progress, The Employment Impact of Technological Change: Appendix, vol. 2 of Technology and the American Economy. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office.
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Hunt, Audrey. 1975. Management Attitudes and Practices towards Women at Work. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office and Office of Population Surveys and Censuses, Social Survey Division.
Hunt, Pauline. 1980. Gender and Class Consciousness. New York: Holmes and Meier.
International Labor Office. 1962. “Discrimination in Employment or Occupations on the Basis of Marital Status.” International Labor Review 85: 368–89.
Ireson, Carol. 1978. “Girls’ Socialization for Work.” Pp. 176–200 in Ann Stromberg and Shirley Harkess, eds., Women Working: Theories and Facts in Perspective. Palo Alto, Calif.: Mayfield.
Jenkinson, Lambert. 1914. Organization of Goods Departments. London: Railway Press.
Kalleberg, Arne; Wallace, Michael; and Althauser, Robert. 1981. “Economic Segmentation, Worker Power, and Income Inequality.” American Journal of Sociology 87: 651–83.
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Kingsford, Peter. 1970. Victorian Railwaymen: The Emergence and Growth of Railway Labour; 1830–70. London: Cass.
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London Branches. 1914. Correspondence Concerning the London Postal Service’s Proportion of Female to Male Force. GPO, E14324/1914.
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