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Historian Ruth Goodman explains the ‘male breadwinner pattern’ and the employment of boys and how this affected the whole family.
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00:00 Intro
00:30 Did working patterns change?
05:25 Did children help out at home?
08:12 What about child labour?
10:21 Did they use birth control?
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