I’ve been forgetting to put these up on Tumblr! A little background- these are all d
I’ve been forgetting to put these up on Tumblr! A little background- these are all drawn from the 1881 Census of women’s professions. There was not a single profession starting with K, by the way. Journalist: A notable Victorian female journalist: Margaret Harkness. Of course on the American side I hope everyone has heard of Nellie Bly, who went around the world in 72 days! Locksmith: Locksmiths were interesting and somewhat shady characters.. and it never occurred to me to wonder who hung all the bells and strung the wires that criss-cross Victorian mansions, to summon servants and provide passage for poisonous snakes! That would be a neat character for a story. Miners: Women were barred by law from working underground in 1842 (possibly not coincidentally, the highest paid job in the mines); but fought for the right to keep working above ground (and to wear trousers, also against the law) throughout the century despite attempts at paternalistic legislation. Some terrific pictures of the famous trouser-clad “Pit Brow Lasses” of Wigan here. -- source link