3-022-611 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Female Civilians Working Petrol Pumps in a Garage and Filling up a Car, 1931. 'Every day saw her [ie the average British woman] entering into new occupations. In such a time of mass unemployment, it was a wonder that men weren't more often up in arms about it. But then, a pretty face can often give quite a boost to sales'. From "Time To Remember - A New Era", 1931 (Reel 2); documentary about the world in the early 1930s.