Magda Trott - Opposition to Female Employment

Trott describes the difficulties that women faced when replacing men’s jobs during WWI.

• Women were employed in virtually every job imaginable to replace men
• However, when offered the chance to move to higher positions within a company, women often failed, mostly due to the uncooperativeness of male coworkers who opposed the infiltration of women into traditionally male jobs
• Working men faced the risk of women replacing them, as women were only paid half of men
• Women were sometimes unprepared for more demanding jobs, and Trott calls for increased awareness and education for women to counteract this deficiency