Women did not have access to certain jobs in the colonies. how was access to employment restricted for women

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Explanation:

1) Women were bound to stay back home to take care of children and the household chores since the men thought that women would not be able to work in hazardous conditions during the colonial period.

2) Even if there were secret job opportunities for women, they offered very little wages that were inefficient for the women to spend on a living.

Therefore, women did not usually have access as the reasons above turned into official laws in some countries.

You can check out the chart here for more information about women employment: https://blogs.worldbank.org/opendata/chart-why-are-women-restricted-working

Women  had to stay home and do housework, sew clothes, and cook food for men in the household.