Changing roles of women -employment
Basically goes over all areas of employment with key context!
- 1860-1913 Pre war employment
- technology advances
- 1914-1918 during war employment
- 1918-1930 Post War Employment
- trade unions
- Created by: miniiee.mim
- Created on: 19-05-15 13:26
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- Post War 1918-1930
- legislation
- 1919 unemployment benefit for women
- goment provided 25 shillings per week to women who registered as unemployed.
- amount of money decreased by end of 1919 it was only 15d.
- denied wage if refused to work as domestic servant.6d a week.
- march 1919 494,000 women claimed benefit. media attacked as scroungers therefore by 1920 29,000
- denied wage if refused to work as domestic servant.6d a week.
- amount of money decreased by end of 1919 it was only 15d.
- goment provided 25 shillings per week to women who registered as unemployed.
- 1919 unemployment benefit for women
- work in the 1920s
- manufacturing processes
- changes in production meant that women could enter production lines (radio/watches)
- married women discrimination
- men still seen as breadwinners. during 1921/22 many women removed as teachers
- women employment
- Textile workers 23%
- clerks and typists 10%
- other 11%
- domestic service 56%
- small increase in womens pay
- in 1900 women earned 44% of what men did.
- in early 1930s figure had risen to 48%
- in 1900 women earned 44% of what men did.
- little increase in womens employment
- 34% of women were in work in 1911
- by 1921 this had dipped to 32%
- by 1931 it had returned to 34%
- reducing female employment.
- victory on Western Front meant there was no longer demand for munitions. So laid off.
- end of the war, 3.5 million men were demobilized and returned to work.expected women to give up jobs for returning soldiers
- economic recession that followed the war also played role in forcing women out of labour., giving priority to men.
- restoration of Pre-War Practises Act 1919 ordered all dilutees to be replaced by skilled workers (men)
- by 1919 750,00 women had left the workforce
- manufacturing processes
- legislation
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