... commensurate with the amount of work undertaken. Approximately one million and a half women were hired for an average pay of five to ten pounds per annum. Domestic service attracted so many young girls because the school leaving age was twelve and many went straight in service, hence pay was very low. This profession did not require a high level of education as most of the work undertaken was manual. Textile firms provided women with employment as was the case in the past, starting from the Industrial Revolution. Woman could supervise sinning and weaving machines as effectively and methodically as men, but because of man's dominance in the society most of the posts of overseers were filled by men themselves. Thus, remuneration for woman was much lower than their counterparts. Working in factories was extremely difficult because the work was very monotonous. More or less nine hundred thousand women ...

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