Changing Role Of Women Flashcards
Did poor woman work before the war
As servants before they were married
What education were rich woman given
Reading
Writing
Arithmetic
Etiquette
Did rich woman work before the war
No. They had servants
Before the war at what age did most working class girls start working?
11
Were any woman allowed to vote before the war?
No
Did middle class woman work during the war?
Some worked as nurses
Did working class women work during the war
Yes many did because they needed to do the jobs of the men who were away at war.
They worked:
In munitions factories
On farms
In what way did the clothing women wear change from before the war to during it
During the war women stopped wearing corsets and started wearing trousers
Were woman allowed to vote during the war
No
What jobs did working class women do after the war
In offices as typists
Universities opened up so women were given much more choice in career
What happened to working class woman after the war
They lost the jobs they did during the war and returned to lower paying jobs
At what age did girls have to stay at school until after the war
14
What kind of clothing did middle class women wear after the war
Trousers and shorter dresses
Did women wear corsets after the war?
No
Could women vote in 1918
Some could.
Women over 30 who either owned property or were married to someone who did. Women with university degrees who were over 30 could vote as well
