Appendix M
List of trades in which women have been substituted for men during the war, but “which from their nature and other conditions of work appear in the main unsuitable for female labor in normal times.”
(Compiled from the British Home Office report on the
“Substitution of Women in Nonmunition Factories during the War,”
pp. 16-26.)
| Sawmilling | Rope and Binder Twine |
| Wood Wool Manufacture | Heavy Edge Tools |
| India Rubber | Scythes and Sickles |
| Heavy Chemicals | Wire Ropes (heavy) |
| Oil and Seed Crushing | Shale Oil Refining |
| Glasshouse processes | Cement Manufacture (most processes) |
| Flint Glass | Feltmongering |
| Glass Bottles | Matting |
| Papermaking | Linoleum Manufacture |
| Flour and Corn Milling | (except a few light processes) |
| Sugar Refining | Paints and colours |
| Gas Manufacture | China and earthenware |