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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS: WOMEN AND WORK Volume 5 A LABOUR OF LOVE A LABOUR OF LOVE Women, Work and Caring Edited by JANET FINCH and DULCIE GROVES First published in 1983 by Routledge & Kegan Paul plc This edition first published in 2022 by Routledge 4 Park Square, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN and by Routledge 605 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10158 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, an informa business © 1983 Routledge & Kegan Paul plc All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. Trademark notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN: 978-1-032-27038-8 (Set) ISBN: 978-1-032-30213-3 (Volume 5) (hbk) ISBN: 978-1-032-30217-1 (Volume 5) (pbk) ISBN: 978-1-003-30393-0 (Volume 5) (ebk) DOI: 10.4324/9781003303930 Publisher’s Note The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the original copies may be apparent. Disclaimer The publisher has made every effort to trace copyright holders and would welcome correspondence from those they have been unable to trace. A labour of love: women,w orka nd caring Edited by Janet Finch and Dulcie Groves Department of Social Administration University of Lancaster ROUTLEDGE & KEGAN PAUL London, Boston, Melbourne and Henley First published in 1983 by Routledge & Kegan Paul pic 39 Store Street, London WC1E 7DD, 9 Park Street, Boston, Mass. 02108, USA, 296 Beaconsfield Parade, Middle Park, Melbourne, 3206, Australia, and Broadway House, Newtown Road, Henley-on-Thames, Oxon RG9 1EN Set in lOpt Century by Hope Services, Abingdon and printed in Great Britain by Redwood Bum Ltd, Trowbridge © Routledge & Kegan Paul pic 1983 No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without permission from the publishers, except for the quotation of brief passages in criticism. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data A Labour of love Bibliography: p. Includes index. I. Women—Congresses. 2. Social policy—Congresses. 3. Social Service—Congresses. I. Finch, Janet. II. Groves, Dulcie. HQ1106.L321983 305.4 83-4469 ISBN 0-7100-9504-X (pbk) Contents Notes on contributors vii Acknowledgments x Introduction 1 Part 1 The social context of caring 11 1 Caring: a labour of love Hilary Graham 13 2 Why do women care? Clare Ungerson 31 Part 2 The experience of caring 51 3 Employment, women and their Sally Baldwin and disabled children Caroline Glendinning 53 4 The caring wife Judith Oliver 72 5 Single carers: employment, housework and caring Fay Wright 89 6 Care for elderly people: a conflict between women and the state Alan Walker 106 Part 3 The economics of caring 129 7 The economics of work and caring Lesley Rimmer 131 8 Natural selection: Dulcie Groves perspectives on entitlement and to the invalid care allowance Janet Finch 148 Notes 167 Bibliography 170 Index 181 Notes on contributors Sally Baldwin is a Research fellow in the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York, where she is engaged in DHSS-funded research into severe disablement in children, with a particular interest in the financial consequences of severe disablement. She has contributed to a number of publications on social security provision for disabled people and on the costs of disablement in children, and until recently was joint editor of the Yearbook of Social Policy. Janet Finch is a lecturer in social policy at the University of Lancaster. Her current research interests are in marriage and family policy, with a focus on gender divisions. Recent publications include work on wives' incorporation in men's work, voluntary playgroups as preschool provision, education as social policy and (with Dulcie Groves) women and com- munity care. Caroline Glendinning is a Research Fellow in the Social Policy Research Unit at the University of York. She has undertaken research on the family consequences of severe disablement in children; on the impact of specialist social work services for children with disablement and their families; and on discrimination against married women with disabilities. She has written and contributed to publications on the non- contributory invalidity pension for married women; on the take-up of welfare benefits; and on families with disabled children.