Agrarian Women, the Gender of Dairy Work, and the Two-Breadwinner Model in the Swedish Welfare State

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Lena Sommestad Grey Osterud

Agrarian Women, the Gender of Dairy Work, and the Two-Breadwinner Model in the Swedish Welfare State

Lena Sommestad, Grey Osterud

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Routledge
30 September 2020

European history; Gender studies: women; Welfare & benefit systems; Labour economics; Agriculture & related industries

In this volume, Lena Sommestad explores the significance of rural womanhood in the formation of Sweden’s gender-egalitarian welfare state in the early 20th century. Drawing on a rich array of documents, photographs, and interviews with women and men, she analyzes the changing gender division of labor in dairying and illuminates the dynamic processes and debates that shaped industrial workplaces. The book demonstrates the importance of rural women’s gainful labor and organized activism to Sweden’s citizenship-based social policies, which enabled married women to combine childrearing with breadwinning.

By: Lena Sommestad
Edited by: Grey Osterud
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 195g
ISBN: 9780367670306
ISBN 10: 0367670305
Pages: 148
Publication Date: 30 September 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction 1. Milk Processing as Women’s Work in Agrarian Society 2. The Transformation of Dairying in the Late Nineteenth Century 3. Industrial Restructuring and Masculinization in the Early Twentieth Century 4. Gendered Claims to Knowledge and Technical Expertise 5. The Labor Market and the Workplace 6. Professionalization and the Swedish Association of Dairymen 7. Gender at Work 8. Agrarian Womanhood and the Two-Breadwinner Model

Lena Sommestad earned a PhD in Economic History from Uppsala University, where she also served as professor. In 2002 she went into politics, holding elected and appointed positions in the Swedish government. Her primary interests are in gender equality, sustainable development, and the social democratic model of the welfare state. Grey Osterud holds a PhD in American Civilization from Brown University. In addition to working as an editor, she has written two books and numerous articles on farm women in 19th- and 20th-century New York and coedited a book on rural women’s studies. Her recent work focuses on Scandinavia.