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The Impact of World War One - Coggle Diagram
The Impact of World War One
The role women played in the recruitment of men into the armed services.
Women were tasked with the job of trying to recruit more men for the war. These people were called the 'White Feather Girls" and they had to try and convince men to join the war, but if they didn't, the women would thrust a white feather at them as a sign of their cowardice of not joining the war
Woman had to do mens work and dot it well during the war they had to do their jobs when they were away fighting for their country. they had to encourage men to fight and other woman to come forward to help keep the country running
Women were also expected to enlist their husbands in the war. As can be seen with this quote from a poster, "Women of Britain; say GO".
Job opportunities.
Before the war, some women where in the textile manufacturing industry. But during the war, women recruited to work in weapon producing factories.
Women could be part of the Woman Patrol and become Police Officers, however they only supervise other women since they weren't trusted to supervise man.
Women also worked in the transport industry as bus conductresses, ticket collectors, porters, carriage cleaners and bus drivers.
The attitudes of men
Many men were skeptically of women's involvement in the war. Women were frequently turned down job opportunities in the war like nurses because of their gender. This can be proven War Offices Statement, "‘My good lady, go home and sit still". This led to some women helping the war secretly.
Women weren't trusted to fulfill their tasks so men were sent to suprevise them to make sure they were complete properly.
At the time, men perceived women as the housewife. They needed to take care of the children and the house. So men didn't accept the fact that women wanted to be apart of the war because of the deeply stereotypical society.
Women were paid less than men because they were thought to perform worser because of their "lesser strength and special health problems". For example men were payed 26 shillings and women were payed 11 shillings for the same work in the war
Working conditions for women
the government funded childcare for women who worked in manufacturing weapons. But for any other forms of employment, the government didn't help at all, and women had to rely on other friends and family because other than the wife, there was no one else expected to care for their child.
While manufacturing munitions, women faced unpleasant, dangerous working conditions everyday. For example, women had to work with TNT, a poisonous explosive that could cause a fatal condition called toxic jaundice. Also there were plenty of dangerous explosions which lead to lots of women casualties.
Because of working conditions in auxiliary services, manufacturing industry, transport and on the land, women wore more traditionally male clothing such as trousers and shirts.
How and why women were given the right to vote
The Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) directed their efforts to supporting the war rather than their suffrage movement. This later paid off as the government recognized their selfless act and effort towards the war, giving women over 30 the right to vote.
As a result of the women's efforts in the war, on Aug. 26, 1920, U.S. Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby signed into law the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, stating "the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."
Women did a whole lot more that sacrifice their suffrage movement for taking part in the war. They put their lives on hold, putting off marriage, children and even higher education (sacrificing even their future) for the war. Which is why men recognized the war