Lady French helping women find work, WW1

Lady French, wife of General French, pictured in a work room at Harrods where unemployed women were engaged at a wage of ten shillings a week with a good dinner and tea daily. All materials were supplied free. During the war, unemployment was kept at bay by charitable ventures such as this

Charitable Charities Harrods Initiative Needlework Philanthropist Philanthropy Seamstresses Unemployed Unemployment

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