After reading loads of Chalet School books and then coming across Can Any Mother Help Me? I got interested in this whole idea in the 1930s of married women not being allowed to work.

I've discovered it's because of the Depression, which makes a lot of sense, but what I want is a book, if one exists, that tells me more about how it came about, how it affected people (men as well as women) and how it ended.

I've looked in Borders, in the history section, and found nothing. But a google search has various books listed in Women and Feminism sections, which makes me think I was looking in the wrong place. However, what I can't yet find are descriptions of any books that give me any idea of whether they'll tell me what I want to know.

So, anyone know anything useful?

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