explain the changing role of women in society during and post ww1

Question 1

scottish women copped well with greif which prooved steriypes wrong

Answer 1

women where worried about men on the front line but delt with news of death and greif well. by 1918 almost every family in scotland was mourning a lost relatave

Question 2

scots women showed strength durring the rent strikes

Answer 2

local women formed the glasgow womens housing assosiation to resist rent strikes and the first strike saw 25,000 tenants join.
the rent ristrictions act was introduced by the government thanks to there campaigning

Question 3

scottish women worked in the dangerous munitions factories that where hazourduss to health

Answer 3

this prooved there strength and determination. many suffered long term health problems as a result of there work and in total 61 died from chemical poisonings and 71 in explosions

Question 4

scottish women copped well with food scarcity and rationing

Answer 4

women where the people who had to ensure there familys where fed whilst taking on board government propiganda to waste less and then eventually rationing. womens magaziens often contained meatless recipies and other tips to help eachother

Question 5

women where begining to find they had more freedom

Answer 5

with work came financial independants and there became less of a stigma surounding beeing unmarried. fahsion also became far less restricting

Question 6

women undertook training to carry out work esential to the war effort

Answer 6

women worked in factories, transport, agriculture, engineering carrying out jobs previously occupied by a ‘skilled man’