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.)

SawmillingRope and Binder Twine
Wood Wool Manufacture Heavy Edge Tools
India RubberScythes and Sickles
Heavy ChemicalsWire Ropes (heavy)
Oil and Seed CrushingShale Oil Refining
Glasshouse processesCement Manufacture (most processes)
Flint GlassFeltmongering
Glass BottlesMatting
PapermakingLinoleum Manufacture
Flour and Corn Milling(except a few light processes)
Sugar RefiningPaints and colours
Gas ManufactureChina and earthenware