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Women at work ‘You can’t have a conversation with a feather duster’ The meaning of work to a Working Mother
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Section A Title: Women at work 'You can't have a conversation with a feather duster' The meaning of work to a Working Mother Author: Katherine Rees Date of Publication/completion: Publisher or Source: Collins Educational Section B Katharine Rees's aim was to try to decipher the main reasons why women return to work soon after childbirth and to present a picture of the attitudes of British women on the subject of work. Another aim was to discover why women often return to lower status jobs than they previously held before childbirth. The type of data that was collected was qualitative which is favoured by interpretivist approach. Informal interviews were carried out on a stratified sample of 10 women in a period of six weeks. She accessed them through family members and work associates and set up the interview via the phone. The women interviewed were of white British origin and came from a 'nuclear family'. The study...
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