Women At War

Women At War

Why do you think women were so eager to see men go to war?

I think that women were so eager to see men go to war because, firstly

they did not realise the real dangers of war and expected the war to

be over in a year or two.

I also think that they were willing to see the men go to war because

it left them in charge of almost everything, and during the time of

1914, women were usually just normal household wives, who did the

cleaning and cooking therefore they weren’t really given a chance to

work and earn money for the family.

“Women had been employed in pre-war trade and industries since the

Industrial Revolution. The working classes were mainly involved in

domestic service or ‘sweated’ labour and dressmaking. Along with

middle class women, they were also employed as shop assistants,

waitresses or clerks”

This statement supports my views, because it clearly states that after

the men were sent off to war, almost everything depended on women, and

they were being recruited for working in many different places with

different professions. The recruitment of women increased by

thousands when CONSCRIPTION was introduced in March 1916.

In what ways were women involved in the War effort?

Women were involved in the war in many ways. They may not have been up

at the fronts battling to save the country, but they provided the

munitions, food, clothing and many more things needed by the soldiers.

When Conscription as introduced in March 1916, women had to be

recruited to work in the munitions factory. This was so that they

could provide more resources for the men battling up at the fronts.

Munitions work w...

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...pendence and 'for the first time became more conscious of

employment opportunities.' The War had given women a more prominent

status in society and increased expectations of what was open to

them.’

This statement supports my view of women and their independency,

especially after the war was triggered. It shows that women were

capable of handling bigger jobs and problems facing them.

The government would have found it hard to deny them the right of

voting because if the women had not agreed to or put their effort into

so much they did, during the war, Britain would now most probably be

part of the German’s overseas empire, and Britain would only be known

in history. Women did a lot more than the government thought they

could do, they deserved more than just attaining the right to vote and

put across their views.