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... girls pre- pared to be book - keepers or ' typewriters ' , the late 19th- century word for typists . Of course many of these girls could now earn their living if the need arose ; they did not have to concentrate on finding a husband ...
... girls pre- pared to be book - keepers or ' typewriters ' , the late 19th- century word for typists . Of course many of these girls could now earn their living if the need arose ; they did not have to concentrate on finding a husband ...
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... girl was in her time one sign that women were gaining greater economic freedom . Ladies complaining about the servant problem would say that the young girls had gone off to work in fac- tories . This does not seem very likely . Girls ...
... girl was in her time one sign that women were gaining greater economic freedom . Ladies complaining about the servant problem would say that the young girls had gone off to work in fac- tories . This does not seem very likely . Girls ...
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... girls and forced them to work as prostitutes by keeping them locked up in brothels . This part of its work met with some success ; and after the Second World War licensed and approved brothels were closed down in France and Italy ...
... girls and forced them to work as prostitutes by keeping them locked up in brothels . This part of its work met with some success ; and after the Second World War licensed and approved brothels were closed down in France and Italy ...
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