Self-service, the computerization of cash registers, rationalization, part-time work, closing time these phenomena shaped the rapid development of retail in the second half of the twentieth century. In this study, the author examines the protagonists of this transformation sales women and uncovers the structural mechanisms of the working world that have led to gender-based inequality in democracy again and again.

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Manuela Rienks, Institute of Contemporary History, Munich, Germany.