In the late 1980s, Pauline’s friends criticized her decision to retrain and work as an auxiliary nurse. She had been working one day per week for the preceding ten years, since her children were born: ‘You feel a bit defensive, because you know you’ve put all these systems in place. You know you’re doing it for yourself, but you also know there’s no way you would neglect your children’.1¹ Pauline’s defensiveness offers a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes work that women did to combine paid employment with motherhood and domesticity. Her acquaintances and friends, concerned with the question, ‘how is she going to manage with the children?’, did not see the plans and procedures Pauline implemented within her family and in her home and workplace to ensure that the children were taken to school, dinners were cooked and housework was done, so that she could get to her job on time.

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“她将如何与孩子一起管理？” 1960年至1990年间，英国的组织劳动，工作与母亲组织*

在1980年代后期，Pauline的朋友批评她决定重新培训并担任助理护士。自从她的孩子出生以来，她在过去的十年中一直每天工作一天：“您感到有些防御，因为您知道自己已经将所有这些系统都安装到位。您知道自己在为自己做这件事，但您也知道您绝对不会忽略孩子们的^。11宝琳的防御性让我们瞥见了女性将带薪工作与孕产和家务相结合的幕后工作。她的熟人和朋友关心的问题是：“她将如何与孩子们打交道？”，但没有看到宝琳在家人，家庭和工作场所实施的计划和程序，以确保孩子们被送上学。 ，晚餐被煮熟，做完了家务，这样她就可以准时上班了。