7. The Docks in the Twentieth Century
Tasks 7.6

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?