The role of women during and after the war 1914-1964

Question 1

Female members of the trade union movement

Answer 1

437,000 by 1914

Question 2

Women working in ammunition factories in July 1917

Answer 2

Half a million

Question 3

Women working in the Women’s land army in 1918

Answer 3

18,000

Question 4

What new areas of work did women enter during the war

Answer 4

Civil service and the professions

Question 5

Women working in local government in 1917

Answer 5

500,000

Question 6

Women working in banking in 1917

Answer 6

60,000

Question 7

What happened to the suffrage movement during the war

Answer 7

They called off their campaign and helped with the war effort

Question 8

The Representation of the People Act 1918 impact on women

Answer 8

All women over 30 were given the vote

Question 9

1919 Sex Disqualification Removal Act

Answer 9

Allowed women to stand as candidates for parliamentary seats

Question 10

How many female magistrates, mayors, councillors or guardians by 1923

Answer 10

4000

Question 11

When did women over 21 get given the vote

Answer 11

1928

Question 12

Margaret Bondfield

Answer 12

First female cabinet minister

Question 13

Labour Women’s sections of corporate Guilds

Answer 13

Offered opportunities for listening to speakers and discussing political issues

Question 14

1923 Matrimonial Causes Act

Answer 14

Gave women more freedom for divorce

Question 15

1924 Guardian of Infants Act

Answer 15

Joint guardianship to both parents

Question 16

1926 New English Law of Property

Answer 16

Gave single women the same right to hold and dispose their property as men

Question 17

1919 Restoration of the Pre War Practices Act

Answer 17

Lost women their prewar jobs

Many women accepted the need to free up jobs for the returning men