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During World War II, many women, particularly married women, found jobs in war factories. With so many men away fighting in the war, there was a shortage of labour, and some women were even assigned to so-called “masculine” tasks. When peace was restored and the wartime factories closed, this unprecedented situation came to an end, but the development of the service industry allowed women, and young girls in particular, to work as office clerks and saleswomen, and to continue to avoid working as maids. Since then, they have increasingly been replaced by immigrant women.

Reference : Dossier Pioneers of Feminism and Unionism : Léa Roback and Madeleine Parent