My maternal grandmother left school when she was 13/14 and worked in the Meccano factory in Liverpool until she married and had children, as the children grew older, she cleaned private houses for a couple of people.
My paternal grandmother left school around the same age and worked in a shop...from what I can recall, very long hours. After she married and had children, she didn't work but her health wasn't good at all.
Women are a minority view so should be disregarded


