Title: Jobs for Women in the 1920s | Bizfluent
Headings: Jobs for Women in the 1920s
Jobs for Women in the 1920s
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Content: Jobs for Women in the 1920s | Bizfluent
Jobs for Women in the 1920s
By: Nicky LaMarco
Reviewed by: Jayne Thompson, LLB, LLM
Updated October 27, 2018
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World War I meant that there were many occupations usually filled by men that were now left empty due to so many at war. New careers were available to women in the 1920s. What had been the few types of jobs for women in the 1920s and before opened up wildly, with lots of women eager to expand their roles in society as well as their pocketbooks. There are a few of the job options that opened up to women that weren’t thought of as pink-collar work. Department Store Sales Clerks
Department stores were still very new in the Jazz Age and they needed lots of employees to sell all of their wares. Women were wonderfully suited to this job as it was deemed safe, with good operating hours. The expansion of the beauty market began in earnest during this decade as well, so women were needed to sell to other women. Small boutiques that created and sold dresses, hats, gloves and other clothing and accessories also brought women into the workforce.