Jobs Women Took Over Flashcards
Medical
Nursing was popular, women formed medical units that were sent to the front line to treat wounded soldiers
Office Work
Nearly 200,00 in Government departments and nearly half a million became clerical workers in private offices
Transport
Women worked as conductors on trams and buses
Public Safety
Women joined the Police Force
Heavy Work
High demands for unloading coal, stoking furnaces and building ships
Skilled Professions
Women became engineers which they were previously not allowed to do
Armed Forces
*The first time women were allowed to join (non-combat role).
*Women’s Royal Navy Service formed in 1916 & Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
Factories
*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
Land Army
Women’s Land Army formed to work on farms, helped prevent worse food shortages during the war