as domestic service, laundress or shirt-making.
Census showed women in occupations like artificial flower-making, chemical working and cigar-making.
Today’s case of a big percentage of mothers working is nothing new, these happy days where mothers stayed back at home and fathers were the providers was not the norm, the fact is that women needed to work in order to keep a roof over their heads. Female’s labor was vital for family and economy, and it is not something that need to be hide.
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Victorian maids