Role of women during the war.

            Now parliament need women to stop causing havoc and chaos and help with the war efforts. This is where women show true character and stopped there independence efforts and helped with the war efforts. Although I think it would be better if women expressed the fact that they were helping the war efforts for there country not for the men. This is the point where women’s roles change. More women worked in shell factories, ammo factories, Iron works, transport and coal factories all these jobs were said to be only for men. But women proved that they were just as capable. I suppose you could say the war helped women. When women were causing havoc and chaos, they weren’t getting very far. But the war meant more jobs for women, and they proved to parliament and men that they were just as good if not better than men at the jobs. Here is an example of a women supposedly doing a mans job.

My father was typical. He was wont to boast that at the lathe, he had to manipulate a micrometer and work to the limits of 1/1000 of an inch we were much impressed until in 1917 a teenage sister running a capstan lathe in an iron works, remarked, indifferently that she, too, used a “mike” to even finer limits. There was she said nothing to it the old man fell silent.

Extract from suffragettes international.

This definitely how women felt about themselves. Women who worked in shops would never talk about my boss or master anymore the missus ruled the house.

            After the war though things changed women did finally get the vote and were very happy as well. But they had to leave the factory jobs and go back to boring jobs like sewing even though they proved that they proved could handle it. Although all in all they won all the pain and suffering paid off they were independent that’s what they set out to do.

            Finally the role of women changed immensely they were treated with respect and gratitude and like an equal. Just like men they proved that they were fighters. The men although they thought they would they could not silence independent women. Women showed heart when they stopped rebelling and helped work for there country everyone of those rules that the women of 1914 weren’t allowed to do is very much legal now; they have every job opportunity the same as men, many women are allowed in parliament ie; Stockport’s Anne Coffey, they are allowed to vote marry or not whenever they want, they are taught the same as women and of course are allowed to join the army.  

By Jack Swain 9icj history homework