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Question 3 In what ways did ww1 help to change the employment opportunities in Britain? Before the war job opportunities for women were scarce and the only jobs available were very lowly paid. An average maid or cleaner would make about £5-10 a year, some even less. Most jobs that women were employed in would include: maids, cleaners, jobs in the textiles industry and a few of the luckier ones would be employed as secretaries or shop till ladies at shops. Some older women with experience of looking after children would be employed by wealthy families as nannies to look after there children. Men's attitudes to women working were that they only had the skills required to work in jobs that needed minor intelligence and skills. Statistics taken estimate that before the war the number of women in paid employment was about 2.5% to 10% of men. During the war job opportunities for...

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