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Out of the Doll's House

on BBC Two England

A series of films exploring the way women's lives have changed in the 20th century. Jobs for the Girls
'A woman should stop at home and look after her family. You can't expect her to go out and build a house or go out with machines and dig the road.'
That's the controversial view of 96-year-old Rose Ashton who began work as a domestic servant in 1905. Rose, her daughter, grand-daughter and great grand-daughter help tell the story of women at work from that time to this.
When Rose started work there were few jobs women were allowed to do and married women were not expected to work at all.
Today nearly two-thirds of married women work and there is not much a woman will not turn her hand to. Producer OLIVIA LICHTENSTEIN Series producer
ANGELA HOLDSWORTH (R)

Contributors

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Rose Ashton
Producer:
Olivia Lichtenstein
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Angela Holdsworth

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