#can't tell if there was a crazy level of specialisation going on in clothing industry or just a crazy level of bureaucracy

[midautumnnightdream]

A non-comprehensive list of jobs held by Parisian women in canon era

As referenced from David Barry's Women and Political Insurgency: France in the Mid-Nineteenth Century managerial

landlady

factory manager / supervisor

retail / small business / markets

hotelier /cafe-owner / innkeeper

shopkeeper

furniture- / clothes- / paper- / book- / spectacle- /bottle-seller

second-hand dealer

grocer or marketwoman

cream- / butter- / fruit- / flower- / lemonade seller

wine merchant

costermonger

feather dealer

service occupations

midwife / nurse

charwoman / cleaning woman

washerwoman / ironingwoman

water carrier

shop assistant

domestic servant

cook

concierge / porter

deliverywoman

victualler (provisor for the army or the national guard)

clothing industry / grisettes

sewing woman (independent or a factory worker)

dress- / corset- / shawl- / shirt- / trouser- / waistcoat- / glovemaker

milliner / hat-trimmer / cap- /hatmaker

shoe- / shoelace maker

purse- / umbrella- /carpetmaker

clothes mender / shoe-stitcher

lacemaker / embroider / needlewoman

weaver (in workshops)

woolwinder / wool-spinner

rabbit skin cutter

mattressmaker / mattress-corder

other crafts

furniture trade

woodcarver /furniture finisher /varnisher / wood-gilder / gold-polisher / boxmaker

metal- / jewellery worker / jewel polisher

leather worker

paper- /cardboard-maker

perfumer

bookbinder

clockmaker

chocolate maker

toymaker

artificial flower maker

brush-maker

bandage-maker

arts

writer

novelist / poet / playwright

artist

actress

singer / musician / dancer

circus performer (e.g equestrian performer)

music /piano / etc teacher

other

rag picker

laborer

machine minder

prostitute