Female recruits were paid according to the same scale as the men, but were limited to service in nursing, communications, and clerical work.
en.wikipedia.org For most of his life, he was a simple worker, doing road works, construction works, and low-level clerical work.
en.wikipedia.org So, he invented a calculating machine designed to ease the monotony of clerical work.
en.wikipedia.org As well, 45,000 women served as support staff in every theatre of the conflict, driving heavy equipment, rigging parachutes, and performing clerical work, telephone operation, laundry duties and cooking.
en.wikipedia.org He disliked his clerical work, but remained employed with the company for more than five years.
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