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Describe the employment opportunities for women in Britain in 1914, at the outbreak of world war one
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Anna Carlisle Describe the employment opportunities for women in Britain in 1914, at the outbreak of world war one. At the outbreak of world war one, in 1914, job opportunities for women were very limited. This was partly due to the fact that society had the view that men and women had separate roles in life, known as 'The Separate Spheres Argument': men went to work and were involved in politics, whereas women stayed at home and looked after children. Women were seen as less capable than men and therefore only 2% of women had an education, passed the school leaving age of 12: lower class parents could not afford the price of education and would not want to miss out on their daughter's wage. Middle class parents were much more likely to pay for a boy's education because a girl would be expected to get married and not have to work....
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