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Description: | A female applicant in a hat and fur stole is interviewed for the position of conductor during the First World War. This photograph was probably taken in 1916.
Working on the buses offered a good wage, but initially women conductors' wages were lower than those of the men they were replacing. However, after striking in 1918, conductors managed to win equal pay: £2-£3 per week.
Men supported the women's bid for equal pay, not wishing the women's wages to undercut their own. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | London at War Work | Temporal: | 1916 - 1919 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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