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This is a table showing the daily wages of men and women in 1906. It comes from a report published by the Board of Trade. Wages are given in today’s currency.

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	Men	Women
Cotton workers	£1.47	93p
Shoe makers	£1.43	65p
Shipbuilders	£1.79	73p
Bakers	£1.45	63p
Printers	£1.84	61p
Leather tanners	£1.45	65p
Iron and Steel workers	£1.95	---
Building workers	£1.65	---