Ivy Pinchbeck

Ivy Pinchbeck (9 April 1898 – 10 May 1982) was a British economic and social historian, specialising in the history of women. Her book of 1930,''Women Workers and the Industrial Revolution, 1750 – 1850'' was a pioneering effort in women's history, and highly influential in the next half-century. She concluded that women overall gained more than they lost from the Industrial Revolution, as compared to the dangers and unsanitary and harsh working conditions of the previous era. Provided by Wikipedia