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Women, Work and Value in Post-War Europe: Introduction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2019

Maud Bracke
Affiliation:
(Glasgow)
Rebecca Clifford
Affiliation:
(Swansea)
Celia Donert
Affiliation:
(Liverpool)
Ruth Glynn
Affiliation:
(Bristol)
Josie McLellan
Affiliation:
(Bristol)
Selina Todd
Affiliation:
(Oxford)

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