Impact Of War On Women

Question 1

Why was the Women’s Land Army important?

Answer 1

Food supplies were restricted by German bombers and farmers that went to war had to be replaced

Question 2

Women’s work in the war wasn’t what led to them getting the vote

True or False?

Answer 2

False

Their work in the war DIRECTLY led to them getting the vote

Question 3

Why was work glamorised?

Answer 3

So that women would eagerly volunteer to help with the war effort

Question 4

What social change was there for women after WW1?

Answer 4

They proved that they could do jobs that men did

Formed clubs in ‘mens’ sports e.g football

‘Social revolution’

Question 5

What change I work did women experience during WW1?

Answer 5

Working in factories for the first time

Civil jobs-‘mens’ clothing

Nurses on the front line

Question 6

Married women between ages 19-30 HAD to register

True or False?

Answer 6

False

SINGLE women between ages 19-30 had to register

Question 7

How many women volunteered for the Women’s Land Army before conscription?

Answer 7

30,000

Question 8

When shopping, what were the queues longest for?

Answer 8

Bread and meat

Question 9

How was their well-being affected by work in factories?

Answer 9

Making things such as gas masks exposed them to dangerous chemicals.

For some their skin turned yellow and others lost their lives