Kettle Boiler
Introduction
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Kettle Boiler
Image: © Mary Rodgers Taken: 6 Dec 2017
Kettle boiler was a derogatory term used for men who stayed at home looked after the children and make the meals while their wives went to work in the Dundee jute mills. From mid 1850s to mid 1950s Dundee had high male unemployment and women were more sought after to do the work in the mills so many men took over the childcare. I find this depiction at the Verdant Works museum quite moving and sensed how difficult and humiliating it must have been for these men.
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Image Location
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56.461483
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-2.983373