As a result, journeywomen were to be found in all kinds of trades throughout the 17th and 18th centuries. Women also commonly appear as labourers on building sites, though not in significant numbers, and as material suppliers such as brick-makers and doing heavy work such as carrying sand and lime, gravel and mortar – a situation also reported across the Channel in Brittany in the 18th century.”
– #NotJustForBoys, Women In Construction, The Smith Institute
