Women in World War 1

How many women were working in Britain by January 1918?

Five Million. About two million women replaced men at their jobs.

How did the Great war help give women the right to vote ?

Since women were given male roles, this caused for big changes in attitude and it was the final push toward getting women the right to vote. Many governments still viewed women as mothers though.

How did culture change for women after the war ?

Western middle-class didn't disappear. Women were now wearing shorter hair as well as shorter skirts.

How was the traditional family structure changed during WWI?

Women were forced into the workplace by the death of their husbands.

How were women used for recruiting purposes?

Women were often on posters that put pressure on men to fight. Women also gave feathers as symbols of cowardice to men who did not have uniforms in order to shame them into going to war.

What was the Russian Women's Battalion of Death?

an all female unit that was formed with government support after the February Revolution

What were women's roles during WWI?

served as nurses, munition factory workers, sewed bandages, sold war bonds, worked in shipyards, and they were also spies.

Who was Dorothy Lawrence?

the only woman soldier who enlisted in the British army by passing herself as a man and with a fake identity.

Who were the Munitionettes ?

women who worked in munition factories during WWI, produced 80% of the weapons used by the British Army, and they risked their lives daily.

What was the Women's Royal Air Force?

women worked as airplane mechanics