Paris1914-1918

The Daily life
of Parisians
during the Great War

Women

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A Charming ticket-seller replacing her mobilized husband

Charles Lansiaux

Photograph, September 15, 1914

© Bibliothèque historique de la Ville de Paris / Roger Viollet

Because of the absence of men and the force of necessity, women took on new public roles.