Joseph – “Throughout history until relatively not that long ago it was almost unheard of for them to work outside of their home.”
What kind of fiction are you spreading?
One “example” is the Chofetz Chaim’s wife who ran the store.
Women DID have businesses that they ran like a fruit stand, selling baked goods, seamstress etc. and of course stores of goods. True, they did not have corporate “office jobs” – but neither did the men (almost unheard of, with rare exceptions).