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Describe the employment opportunities of Women in Britain in 1914 at the outbreak of the war The employment opportunities for women pre world war one were generally very limited. They depended very much on whether you were working class or middle class. However attitudes remained the same for both classes. They had to dress suitably showing no flesh nor go out without a chaperone and never go into a pub! These attitudes were still very much Victorian. Job opportunities for women and many attitudes towards them pre world war one remained the same whether you were a working class women or middle class. Women weren't allowed to vote in Parliamentary elections, work as lawyers or work in the civil service and they were also expected to run the home. They were generally less paid than men due to them being considered inferior to men. Upper class women didn't work before or...

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