Eliza is joined this week by Professor Helen McCarthy to discuss the history of working motherhood in the UK from the 1900s to the present day. Helen manages to put our contemporary struggles around working motherhood, childcare and parenting into a historical context covering everything from the origins of working from home for women (spoiler: they've been doing it for centuries!), to parenting pressures (nothing new) and how the professionalisation of women's careers in the 1990's was only possible by the reintroduction of a servant economy (mostly performed by women of colour and immigrants). What have successive governments, feminist groups and workplaces got right? And what do we need to do to ensure that all working mothers (not just white collar workers) get a decent wage, benefits and manage their caring responsibilities. You can connect with Helen on Twitter and buy her excellent book 'Doubles Lives' here. 

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