The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . icalbarrier in the way of a great extension ofwomens work, says the London Nation(November 4, 1916). But we con-fess that this publication takes our breathaway. . There are photographs ofa woman stoker working at the furnacesof a large factory in South London, andothers of women loading, unloading andstacking pit props and coal, which seemto us cases for immediate investigationby Home Office inspectors. Surely, theWar Office does not give its official com-mendation to the employment of womenon such jobs as these. Since the beginning of the war, al-most a mi

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The Survey October 1916-March 1917 . icalbarrier in the way of a great extension ofwomens work, says the London Nation(November 4, 1916). But we con-fess that this publication takes our breathaway. . There are photographs ofa woman stoker working at the furnacesof a large factory in South London, andothers of women loading, unloading andstacking pit props and coal, which seemto us cases for immediate investigationby Home Office inspectors. Surely, theWar Office does not give its official com-mendation to the employment of womenon such jobs as these. Since the beginning of the war, al-most a million women have been addedto the wage earners in industrial, com-mercial, professional occupations, agri-culture, transport, civil service, of these women, says the Boardof Trade (Labour Gazette, October,1916), are not, strictly speaking, re-placing the men, but they are doingwhat was before the war generally re-garded as mens work. The estimatednumber of women reported by employersas directly replacing men was 766,000.

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