World War 1 Flashcards
Knowledge
On what date did WW1 start and what did it bring a halt to?
4th August 1914
Discussions of female suffrage in parliament.
Knowledge
What jobs in transport did many women take up during WW1.
Bus driver, train driver, tram driver.
Knowledge
How many women were working before the start of WW1 and how many were working after the start of WW1.
Before - 18,000
After - 117,000
Knowledge
What did women who working in the Land Army do?
Grow food for the country.
Knowledge
Give 3 examples of jobs women did during the war.
Worked as coal miners, mechanics and took up jobs in the civil service.
Knowledge
What was one of the most important contributions of women during WW1?
Working in Munitions factories.
Knowledge
How many women did Woolwich Arsenal employ in 1914 compared to 1917?
1914 - 125
1917 - 25,000
Knowledge
Describe what women would do in munitions factories.
Fill shells with TNT and attach a detonator.
Knowledge
What were the dangers of working in a munitions factory?
Many women’s skin turned yellow and were put in danger of contracting deadly diseases or becoming infertile.
Knowledge
How many women died from overexposure to TNT during WW1.
Over 400.
Analysis
Give an analysis point relating to capability.
Women showed themselves to be more capable and proved they could do the jobs men had previously done.
Analysis
Give an analysis point relating to rewards.
Women may have been rewarded for helping in the war by being given the right to vote.
Analysis+
Give an analysis+ point relating to which women got the vote in 1918.
In 1918 it was mostly upper and middle class women that were granted the right to vote - not the majority of working class women who would have been working in the munitions factories.
Analysis+
Give an analysis+ point relating to a backlash after the war.
There was a backlash against women working. When men returned from war the wanted the old norms to return - women back to their traditional roles and men doing their jobs again.
