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Describe and explain the women's employment situation in Britain in the years before the war.
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Lucy Wood Tunbridge Wells Girls Grammar School for Girls GCSE History Coursework Assessment Objective Number 1 Describe and explain the women's employment situation in Britain in the years before the war. The number of job opportunities for women was low because they weren't expected to work and there were only a few jobs thought suitable for a woman to do. A woman working was often seen as stealing the job and wages from a man who might have a family to support. Working-class women could take menial jobs such as servants and cooks, in middle-class family homes or in hotels cooking and cleaning. This was seen as good work experience for becoming a housewife and training in how to look after their own homes. Women were seen as dextrous, they had nimble fingers and were good at working with small, fragile things and they were employed as dressmakers, milliners, shawl makers, bookbinders, lace makers, matchbox...
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