Woman and Labour

“Give us labour—and the training which fits for labour!” Olive Schreiner opens with a cry that reaches back to women carrying food, children, and the work of whole communities.

In Woman and Labour, Schreiner traces women’s work from open fields and shared toil to the spinning wheel and the household, where indispensable labor could still confine them. As machinery transforms farming and war, she asks what becomes of women when men’s traditional work is changing—and women are denied new fields of their own. Her argument challenges a society that depends on women’s labor while narrowing its place. Who will shape the future of work—and who will be allowed to take part?

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