Between the 1930s and mid-1970s, women's participation in the economy continued to rise, with the gains primarily owing to an increase in work among married women. ","spans":[{"start":239,"end":254,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/first-world-war"}}]}]}},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImage_with_link","type":"image_with_link","label":null,"fields":[{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyImage_with_linkFields","image_with_link":{"dimensions":{"width":676,"height":979},"alt":"Discover 1921 versus 2021","copyright":null,"url":"https://images.prismic.io/findmypast-titan/579cba22-dc5d-470f-b5b7-921507fbfadd_blog-676x979-infographic.jpg?auto=compress,format"},"link":{"__typename":"Prismic_ExternalLink","url":"https://www.findmypast.co.uk/page/1921-census-infographic"},"caption":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Discover 1921 versus 2021. 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Shows the weekly wages of various occupations in Swiss farming as well as the daily wages of day laborers. We'll be in your inbox every morning Monday-Saturday with all the days top business news, inspiring stories, best advice and exclusive reporting from Entrepreneur. ","spans":[{"start":48,"end":62,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01212650&parentid=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01212650%2F0"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Women began finding their way into roles traditionally taken by men. Earnings and prices are shown in Swiss francs. Source: Very simple table shows average hours and earnings for all production workers in manufacturing for each year from 1919-1960. in FOREIGN COUNTRIES, FOOD Prices are shown in Latvian rubles. Tells cost of public transportation and railway fares as well. Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Table shows average 1929 and 1931 weekly wages of full-time store employees, managers, and supervisors by kind and size of chain and location. Shows the hourly, daily, and biannual earnings of different occupations in the Missouri coal industry between 1890-1922. ","spans":[]}]},"date_posted":"2022-10-11","metaTitle":null,"metaOgTitle":null,"metaDescription":null,"metaOgDescription":null,"metaCanonical":null,"_meta":{"__ref":"PrismicMeta:YWbmQhIAACEAbecE"},"body":[{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"The 1920s was a decade of contrasting halves in the UK. Shows wage rates for engineers, conductors, passenger baggage men, coal passers, firemen, switch tenders, hostlers, signalmen, station agents, telegraphers, machinists, car cleaners, and more. National average salary: $326,296 per year. Shows average wages by industry in both rubles and US currency. In 1919 several small teacher union locals founded the California State Federation of Teachers. Source: U.S. Dept. Min. 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By Sporting goods: If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results. ChatGPT vs. Bard: A Modern Day David and Goliath Story. View full-size in the Findmypast Photo Collection. Other circumstances also came into play. ","spans":[{"start":33,"end":47,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01218049&parentid=GBOR%2FFPC%2FDI%2F1920S%2FH%2F01218049%2F0"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Most women worked in the private personal service industry,with over a million listing themselves as suchin the Census. Rompers, night gowns, baby shoes, accessories (diapers, baby bottles, etc. Telephones, radios, cameras, kitchen ranges, home electric appliances, record players, music records, sewing machines, fabrics, clothes washers, laundry supplies, vacuum sweepers. Despite the country recovering from the devastation of war, in many instances, the Roaring Twenties had well and truly arrived. 365-372. Men still were major the breadwinners and worked as professionals, public sector workers or as laborers. Wages are shown in both Hungarian gold crowns and contemporary U.S. dollars. For the most up-to-date salary information from Indeed, click on the salary link for each job title below: 1. For the first time in history, women were being hired in large numbers to do jobs that were traditionally male jobs. In the beginning of the 1920s, many people worked as farmers and in the service industry. 7-8 in: Extensive, 219-page report published in the Bureau of Labor StatisticsBulletin no. Source: BLS, Shows the average wage rates for 19 different occupations in Hamburg, Germany. companies and the government dismissed large numbers of married women and made it difficult for married women to get high-paying professional or clerical jobs. You can save thousands of dollars, for a limited time. ","spans":[{"start":39,"end":53,"type":"hyperlink","data":{"link_type":"Web","url":"https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=GBOR%2FFF%2FWALES%2FDYFED%2F77772Y&parentid=GBOR%2FFF%2F144052"}}]}]}]},{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyText","type":"text","label":null,"primary":{"__typename":"PrismicBlog_articleBodyTextPrimary","text":[{"type":"paragraph","text":"Pottery makers were most likely living in Stoke-on-Trent, soap makers inLancashire and Cheshireand brewers in Burton. Wages of certain women in the District of Columbia. Worker unrest and strikes were the order of the day and the economy declined. Cabinets and cookware. Wages are shown in contemporary U.S. dollars. 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Compares average retail prices for "warehoused" name brand grocery items at independent and chain stores in Cincinnati. Source: BLS. 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