Study Sources B and C Why do these two letters show different attitudes towards Germany? Use details of the letters and your knowledge to explain your answer

Question 2

Study Sources B and C

Why do these two letters show different attitudes towards Germany? Use details of the letters and your knowledge to explain your answer. [9]

Source B is an extract from a British soldier’s letter to his family published in a Yorkshire newspaper on 21st August 1915 whereas Source C is an extract from a letter to Lloyd George written by Mrs. Sennett, a woman’s suffrage leader on 20th August 1915. They show different attitudes towards Germany because B condemns Germany for the “ruined towns and villages” and the “wholesale murder of helpless woman and children” but also because the letter is from a soldier’s point of view and uses moral boosting language to defeat “Wilhelm the murderer”.

        Source C is written by a suffrage that does not condemn Germany as much as Source B but condemns the British government “cruelty of the government” to the suffering-working women. This source fits the context of some workingwomen during the war that was continuously fighting for their right to vote in British elections.

Question 4

Study Source F

Why did the government in 1917 issue this poster? Use details of the poster and your knowledge to explain your answer. [7]

Source F is a British governmental poster issued in 1917. After conscription was introduced in 1916, all men had to join the army unless they had humanitarian or religious beliefs, which were against fighting; therefore pressure was put on British women to contribute with the War effort. The poster uses moral pressure by showing men in the army who are doing their bit in the war and women making munitions. It also puts pressure on women to help work in the munitions factory as it says “These women are doing their bit” implying that women are helping with the War effort by replacing the men who away fighting in the army and it invites more women to “Learn to make munitions”.