Women workers in seven professions : a survey of their economic conditions and prospects

Fabian women's group pamphlet, 1914. Part of a campaign to promote career opportunities for women. The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 was passed on 23 December 1919. This landmark legislation removed many employment restrictions from women, including access to serve as magistrates or jurors and to enter the other main professions such as medicine, veterinary science and law. Marriage was no longer legally considered a bar to a woman's ability to work and universities were also obliged to admit women to degrees.