The Employment of Women in the Main Groups of Industrial Occupations,
April 1916, 1917, 1918.
Women
Increase (+), Decrease (-), stated by
Estimated since July 1914, in the Employers
number of number of Women employed. to be
Women replacing
employed April, April, April, Men, April
OCCUPATIONS July, 1914. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1916.
Metal Trades 170,000 + 149,200 + 295,300 + 385,000 194,000
Chemical Trades 40,000 + 34,300 + 66,000 + 63,000 81,000
Textile Trades 863,000 + 19,200 + 14,500 - 19,000 65,000
Clothing Trades 612,000 + 12,800 - 44,700 - 37,000 46,000
Food Trades 196,000 + 17,100 + 25,000 + 30,000 62,000
Paper and Printing
Trades 147,000 - 700 - 5,100 - 4,000 21,000
Wood Trades 44,000 + 14,000 + 21,000 + 34,000 26,000
All Industrial }
Occupations, }
including some not} 2,176,000 + 284,700 + 483,600 + 537,000 510,000
specified above }