Wages for Housework

About the book

*Shortlisted for the Cundill History Prize*

What would women do with their lives if they had more time?

The riveting, untold story of a revolutionary campaign to change the way work is valued

'The women of the world are serving notice. We want wages for every dirty toilet, every indecent assault, every painful childbirth, every cup of coffee and every smile. And if we don't get what we want, we will simply refuse to work any longer!'

Across the globe in the 1970s, a network of feminists distilled their struggles into a single demand: Wages for Housework! Today, it remains a provocative idea, and an unfulfilled promise.

Here historian Emily Callaci tells the story of this campaign by exploring the lives...