New Essays on Women’s Labour History in Europe: Gender, Work and Activism
Edited by Leda Papastefanaki and Eszter Varsa
Introduction: New Essays on Women’s Labour History in Europe: Gender, Work and Activism
Leda Papastefanaki and Eszter Varsa
“I Am a Farmer and Do Other Chores of Womenfolk”: Uncovering Women’s Work in Rural Southern Europe: The Case of Nineteenth-Century Urbino, Italy
Cora Benetti and Raffaella Sarti
The Maritime Labour Market and the Appearance and Disappearance of Women as Dock Labour in Spanish Ports c. 1870–1930s
Jordi Ibarz and Mònica Borrell-Cairol
Cécile Brunschvicg (1877–1946) and the Politics of Women’s Work in France, Europe and Beyond
Anne Cova
How to Liberate a Female Proletarian: Women’s Emancipation and (Un)paid Work in the Czech Socialist and Communist Women’s Movements in the Early Twentieth Century
Marie Láníková
Women’s Voices from La Proletaria: Work, Solidarity and Women’s Emancipation in a Post-World War II Italian Consumers’ Cooperative
Anna Pellegrino
“No One Has Raised Their Voice in Support of the Gypsy, Who Works Honestly”: An Intersectional Analysis of Romani Activist Mária László’s Labour Agendas and Repertoires in 1950s Hungary
Eszter Varsa
“How Equal Are We?” The Feminisation of Labour in the Yugoslav Retail Sector, 1950s–1970s
Ivana Mihaela Žimbrek
What Kind of Health? Mobilisations and Reflections of Italian Working Women on Workplace Health Issues from the 1960s to 1980s
Giorgia Sposini
Experiencing Live-In Domestic Work Through Bodies, Emotions and Subjectivity
Olimpia Capitano
CONFERENCE REPORT
The Spirit of 1975: Transformations in Australian Labour History: 19th Biennial Conference of the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History, Melbourne, 26–28 November 2025
Geraldine Fela
OBITUARY
Kerreen Margaret Reiger (1946–2026): Feminist Scholar of Mothers’ Labours
Diane Kirkby
BOOK REVIEWS
Peter Ackers, Trade Unions and the British Industrial Relations Crisis: An Intellectual Biography of Hugh Clegg (Dave Lyddon)
Liam Byrne, No Power Greater: A History of Union Action in Australia (Alex North)
Santilla Chingaipe, Black Convicts: How Slavery Shaped Australia (Naomi Parry Duncan)
T-Bone Slim, The Popular Wobbly: Selected Writings of T-Bone Slim, ed. Owen Clayton and Iain McIntyre (Sam Wallman)
Bob Crawshaw, Battle of the Banks: How Ad Men, Barristers and Bankers Ended Ben Chifley’s Boldest Plan (Sean Scalmer)
Kati Curts, Assembling Religion: The Ford Motor Company and the Transformation of Religion in America (Robin Archer)
Bert Leighton, Secrets of the Prison House: An Inmate’s View of Fremantle Prison 1903–1905, ed.Andrew Gill (Naomi Preston)
Jeff Kisseloff, Rewriting Hisstory: A Fifty-Year Journey to Uncover the Truth About Alger Hiss (David McKnight)
Michael Samaras, Antifascists: Jim McNeill and His Mates in the Spanish Civil War (Vashti Fox)
Alexis Vassiley, Striking Ore: The Rise and Fall of Union Power in the Pilbara (David Lee)