Importance of Income

RC20350 London Hosiery Mills Ltd panoramic 1945 11.54.12 AM.jpg

A panorama photograph of staff at London Hosiery Mills in 1945. RC20350. Archives and Special Collections, Western Libraries, Western University.

For many of the women working at these hosiery factories, their pay cheques were a necessity. Their extra income supplemented their husband’s wage and allowed for larger, more challenging purchases like mortgages and cars or paid for unavoidable costs like daycare. For single women, it allowed them to become independent or get additional education.

Stoddart describes how she used the money she made at London Hosiery Mills. 

Van Buskirk explains how the money she made at Holeproof helped pay her university tuition.

Ward describes what her income from Holeproof went towards. 

Importance of Income