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Describe the employment opportunities of women in Britain in 1914 at the outbreak of war.
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Miss Shires Billy Quelcutti History Coursework Describe the employment opportunities of women in Britain in 1914 at the outbreak of war. As the century opened in 1900, the situation with women and work was not going well. Even though this was Queen Victoria's sixty first year as queen, women benefited in a very small way. Women were viewed as being less intelligent and weaker both physically and emotionally than men. Women's rights did improve by 1914 but they were still a long way away from being equal to men. This essay will look at how women's opportunities slowly improved by 1914. To do this the following factors will be looked at; the education of women their professions and there classes. Women didn't work in the same professions as men. Most women worked in factories or domestic service etc. The numbers of women employed in the most common occupations for women in 1911. Women were...
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