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Bonus Ep 34 - The INSIDES of The Great English Country Houses

The British English Podcast

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The Inequality in Male to Female

The cook and chef was part of the upper echelons of that household hierarchy. They were on 30 pounds, which is $3,200 a year. And then you had the ladies, maids and valets who were on 20 to 30 pounds. So that's not a huge discrepancy. But we'll talk about why these households were unable to continue operating with these wages when the world started to change.

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