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Part 1 Putting into type more or less immortal works: the Edinburgh book-printing trade; the rise and fall of printing in Edinburgh; printing-office life; the male compositor's culture. Part 2 A suitable job for a woman? early attempts to break into the trade; work prospects for Scottish girls; Emily Faithfull and the Victoria press; the Edinburgh connection; the Caledonian press in Edinburgh; a clash of interests. Part 3 There to stay - how the first women entered the Edinburgh case rooms: the STA and its enemies; the strike of 1872-3; the first girl recruits; women compositors - an Edinburgh speciality. Part 4 Women, the work process and the pay question: apprenticeships and length of career; wages; the division of labour - what women did not do; the division of labour - what women did do; skill and equal pay - who said what? Part 5 Slamming the door shut - the events of 1910: Edinburgh's printing-houses and competitiveness in the 1900s; the first monotype machines; the union and the female question - the gathering storm; 1910 - the main issues; not found wanting - the women compositors who joined the men; the We Women movement; the conflict resolved. Part 6 Group portrait - the Compesses of 1910; a generation; family, childhood, upbringing, schooling; daily experience; the Great War; marriage, children, responsibilities; a dwindling band. Part 7 In the union at last - the Edinburgh women's branch: the female section - creation and early recruitment; giving the girls control of their own business - getting started; relations with the men's section and with the STA; defending women's issues - the grit in the machine. Conclusion: the work process - when is a skill not a skill?; the rewards of labour - why not equal pay?; class identity and solidarity vs womens rights; gender and history.