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The twenty
years between 1890 to 1910 saw great changes in the working lives of men
and women. Early in the period working and lower-middle class women had
been employed as domestic servants, or had performed dressmaking or milinery
work from their own homes. Industrialisation of this work saw many of
these women begin to work in factories. Although the conditions could
be miserable factory work was sought in preference to domestic work. During
this period middle and upper class women began entering the public sphere
choosing to pursue employment in fields such as medicine or accountancy,
the law or literature to gain financial and personal independence.
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