Impact of WW1 on women Flashcards
how many women were moved into work force when was started
around 1 million and extra 250000 moved from already working to war effort
by 1918 how much was the work force was made up of women
⅓ and 80% work force of shells
how much did employment in transport increase to from 1914 to 1918
18,000 to 117,000
many women worked in the front line duties such as
Women’s royal duty service, women’s auxiliary army corps
what were the working conditions like
dirty and dangerous especially in munitions factories - many women killed and injured in factories
what did the womens work ethic show
it challenged the Victorian ideal of women as passive, weak and who’s only role was at home
when was the sex disqualification act and what was it
1919 - opened up civil service local gov and jury service to women
who did women fashion change
shorts skirts and new hairstyles = new freedom
how many domestic servants were there after the war
still 1.2 million
what happened after 1918
many women returned to pre war jobs and by 1921 the % of women in the work force was not much better than 1911
