Jobs Women Took Over Flashcards

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Medical

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Nursing was popular, women formed medical units that were sent to the front line to treat wounded soldiers

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Office Work

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Nearly 200,00 in Government departments and nearly half a million became clerical workers in private offices

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Transport

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Women worked as conductors on trams and buses

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Public Safety

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Women joined the Police Force

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Heavy Work

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High demands for unloading coal, stoking furnaces and building ships

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Skilled Professions

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Women became engineers which they were previously not allowed to do

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Armed Forces

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*The first time women were allowed to join (non-combat role).
*Women’s Royal Navy Service formed in 1916 & Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps

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Factories

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*By the end of the war, 31, 500 women were employed in munition factories alone, they produced 80% of weapons and shells for the British Army
*Became known as the “Canaries” because the poison used to turn their skin yellow

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Land Army

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Women’s Land Army formed to work on farms, helped prevent worse food shortages during the war

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