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The Docks in the Twentieth Century
Worksheet 6
1. Why do you think so few women worked in the docks?
2. What impression of work in the offices do Sources A and B give us?
3a. What sort of jobs did women do in the docks and in other industries in Docklands?
b. Why do you think these were, on the whole, low-paid jobs?
4. Why were the wages of the women particularly important in families where the men were dockers? (Source D and text).
5. How does Source E help us understand the close-knit nature of families and the community in Docklands?
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