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Describe the employment opportunities for women at the outbreak of the war in 1914. At the outbreak of the war in 1914, women faced many barriers in the world of work and had limited opportunities. Poorly paid, manual employment such as domestic service or factory work was available to married and unmarried working class women, but better paid jobs that required a certain level of skill and education such as governesses, teachers or secretaries were available to the unmarried middle class women. Most working class women had to work; either because they were unmarried, widowed or because their husband's wage was not enough to support the family. Most of the work open to married women had to be done in their own homes to enable them to look after their home and family - such as taking in washing, ironing & sewing. Domestic Service employed thousands of unmarried women, but a few women...

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