Changing Role of Women

Question 1

Politics

Answer 1

Women began to play a more active role in politics (glasgow rent strikes). Showed that women could be political and have opinions on society

Question 2

Wages

Answer 2

The shift from domestic employment to paid employment gave women more financial independence

Question 3

Type of jobs

Answer 3

Many women worked in stereotypical masculine jobs, this helped change the perception of what women were capable of

Question 4

Head of households

Answer 4

As men were away fighting, the women in families became the main figurehead and breadwinner.

Question 5

Education Oppertunities

Answer 5

Educational opportunities increased for women during the war. More went onto further education eg started to become doctors.

Question 6

Military Service

Answer 6

Women worked as field nurses and drove ambulances. This was a change for women as they were previously kept away from the front line.