Abstract
The paper examines a 2005 text penned by Ruth A. Frager and Carmela Patrias entitled, "Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939" and outlines why the text is a "good read" and an excellent synopsis of an important period in Canadian labour history. The paper also identifies how Frager and Patrias point out that today's Canadian labour market bears some surprising similarities to the one of three or four generations ago. The paper asserts that no novice student to Canadian labour history can afford to lightly dismiss this text.

From the Paper
"The following book report will look at a 2005 text penned by Ruth A. Frager and Carmela Patrias entitled, "Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939". The paper will summarize the book and then outline why the text is a "good read" and an excellent synopsis of an important period in Canadian labour history. As well, the paper will identify how Frager and Patrias artfully point out that today's Canadian labour market bears some surprising similarities to the one of three or four generations ago. Ultimately, no novice student to Canadian labour history can afford to lightly dismiss this text."

Tags:labour, women, workers

Abstract
The paper reviews the book, "Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939", by Ruth A. Frager and Carmela Patrias and provides a synopsis of the text as well as an analysis highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the text. In particular, it is argued that the monograph is a welcome addition to any personal or school library because it is well-researched, readable, lucid, and makes an attempt, despite the authors' obvious ideological commitments, to be fair to all concerned. The paper concludes that "Discounted Labour" is a commendable introduction to a controversial and significant historical matter.

From the Paper
"The following paper is a review of a 2005 book, "Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada, 1870-1939," penned by Ruth A. Frager and Carmela Patrias. Over the next several pages, a synopsis of the text will be provided along with an analysis highlighting the strengths of the text - there are several - along with some of the volume's weaknesses. In particular, it will be argued that the monograph is a welcome addition to any personal or school library because it is well-researched, readable, lucid, and makes an attempt, despite the authors' obvious ideological..."

Tags:women, workers, canada

Abstract
In this essay, the writer examines the book "Discounted Labour: Women Workers in Canada", which discusses a very crucial period that took place in industrial capitalism, largely between the years of 1870 and 1939. The writer points out that the book looks at many of the historical issues behind the persistent inequality that women faced within the paid workforce. The writer notes that, also examined by the authors, were the divisions that are seen among various women based on their racial, ethnic, and social class differences and the way those differences are affected by the female gender where they might not be affected in the same way or to the same degree by the male gender. The writer concludes that reform and change must start somewhere, and in this case it started with Canadian who that just wanted equality.

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"The book, therefore, looks at many of the historical issues behind the persistent inequality that women faced within the paid workforce. Women were confined to the jobs that paid less and the work that they did was not seen to be nearly as valuable as the work that men did. Many women also found that they lacked union membership, experience in the workforce, and training for many jobs, but some of these women did resist being subordinate. There have always been discrepancies in the earnings and employment patterns of women, regardless of whether one is talking about unskilled labor or about the higher-skilled positions, and for this reason the book looks not only at the salaried positions of women but the lower-skilled and lower-paying jobs as well."
"Also examined by the authors were the divisions that are seen among various women based on their racial, ethnic, and social class differences and the way those differences are affected by the female gender where they might not be affected in the same way or to the same degree by the male gender. The struggle for gender equality in Canada is a historic one, much like the struggle for the same issue within the United States and various other countries."

Tags:working, class, jobs, wage, workforce, employment

Abstract
This paper reviews and critiques an episode of the television show, "The Sopranos", in which the theme is the relationship between the show's female characters and money. The paper looks at the way women are viewed by the male characters on the show, how the characters view themselves and their behaviors, and how the characters see women in relation to money.

From the Paper
"Episode 9 in the third season of the HBO television series "The Sopranos" is entitled "The Telltale Moozadell." The term "moozadell," which is presumably slang for "money," hints at the relationship between women and money in the world of these characters. The characters' views and treatment of the women in relation to money, and even the female characters' actions, behaviors, and views of themselves, are examined through the juxtaposition of scenes and the flow of events. The disparity between the characters' reality within the context of the show and the characters as they observe the world around them, seems obvious only to the viewer, while the characters themselves stick firm to their predilections and beliefs. The message of the story apparently has no effect on them."

Tags:women, services, carmela, tony, meadow, mob