100 years ago my grandmother ran a whole train station as ‘secretary’, while the ‘station master’ came, smoked, read papers, and pretty much just chilled all day - and getting paid many times her salary.
When they said, “women fought to get paid”, they meant, “getting paid commensurate to their work”. And in many ways, they are still fighting for it.
100 years ago my grandmother ran a whole train station as ‘secretary’, while the ‘station master’ came, smoked, read papers, and pretty much just chilled all day - and getting paid many times her salary.
When they said, “women fought to get paid”, they meant, “getting paid commensurate to their work”. And in many ways, they are still fighting for it.
Now the “station master’s” wife can come in and do nothing while the “secretary’s” husband does all the work.