Many people would have been farmers or farm labourers, aroundcoastline there have been many fishermen. In the north of Italy,they worked in textiles and refiining. There would probably havebeen quite a lot of women working as seamstreses, sewing clothesetc. In cities there would probably a lot of people worked inoffices as clerks, typists, secretaries etc. Some of them beenactors, writers, musicians, and artists.