Education
You go to school until the age of 14 and then go into apprenticeship.

Career Prospects
You stay in the job all your life, you don't enjoy it. There's little prospect of promotion, but it's the only trade you know.

Leisure Time
You look forward to going away for a week once a year – you only get 10 days' holiday per year. Usually you take the train and stay in a boarding house by the sea. One day you go to church where you hear sermons about the importance of improving the conditions of the working poor. You get fired up by discussions in your dormitory about how campaigners are trying to improve women's rights and you join a march in London in 1907 to show your support.

Living Conditions
You board on your work premises in a dirty, cramped dormitory. This is a condition of the job. A severe system of "fines" for every minor offence at work takes money from your small salary and you have little left to spend on luxuries. You eat in the basement dining rooms, usually bread with cheese, jam or lard dripping. You don't usually have time to go outside in the day.

Marital Relations
You don't get married but are involved with various men throughout your life. When you get pregnant by a man you work with you have the baby aborted in secret.