Most of the jobs women held were the same type of jobs they would do as a housewife, as a nanny, teacher, or cook. Unfortunately for them, once married, they would have to leave their jobs to become the dutiful housewife to their husbands as Chummy did in Episode 1, Series 3 of Call the Midwife (Episode 1, Series 3). Their lives revolved around their husband and home because a woman's role is domesticity, but many struggled with having to give up their careers. They did not want to be defined simply as mother or wife. Due to the lack of birth control, having children was an inevitable part of married life, as seen in episode 5 of series 2 (episode 5, series 2). Creating and raising children was considered the most important thing about being a woman. Abortion was still an abomination for women