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Girls and the Apprenticeable Trades in Victoria

Victorian Education Department

One of the most salient features of the 1970s was the remarkable increase in the numbers of women participating in the paid labourforce. Similarly wefindfar more girls staying on for a twelfth year of schooling, and undertak ing post-secondary education in rapidly growing numbers. However, there was a noticeable exception in these trends— the skilled trades and the apprenticeship system remained almost completely dominated by males.

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