Source F and J challenge the view that women were just expected to replace men as they show that during the war, separate industries were introduced specifically for women, implying that woman were considered and shown some significance during the war. The land army (source F) was set up for women work in when the world wars broke out, enlistment was voluntary in WW1 but they were conscripted in WW2. In addition to this, uniforms may have been put in place to create a sense of professionalism within the environment of work. This would appeal to other women to volunteer because it would’ve made them feel that there was some importance for women, furthermore, it could increase volunteering rates. One can deduce that the women in the source seem
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From Source G we can infer that these munitions factories were previously worked on by men; the women were purely covering for the men as they had gone to fight in the war. This exemplifies that the women would not have had these jobs if the men hadn’t left for war, further conveying the futility of women before the war as they were not needed. The source is ‘rose tinted’, meaning that the environment seems safe even though, the woman is holding a bomb in her hand. This is illustrating to other women that this type of work is innocuous. On the other hand, the title of the source is “for king and country”. This is directly linking the work in munitions factories to work in the forefront of the war, possibly to encourage more women to join. It depicts that, working in factories has the same effect as fighting; it would’ve portrayed the patriotism in the women of the time period, allowing women and men to be equals during the war. Although, this egalitarianism did not last long, primarily because the men had returned from war and retained their previous jobs which the women had occupied whilst they were absent. On the contrary, we must denote the provenance of the source. As we can see, it has been produced by a government painter, Edward Skinner. Due to been recorded through a government painting, this is …show more content…
From the source we can gather that Punch magazine is overwhelmed by the “new incarnations” that women have been carrying out during the wartime. However, by mentioning “wartime” it suggests that it was because of the war, women were taking on these new roles and that they were simply replacing men who had gone to
From Source G we can infer that these munitions factories were previously worked on by men; the women were purely covering for the men as they had gone to fight in the war. This exemplifies that the women would not have had these jobs if the men hadn’t left for war, further conveying the futility of women before the war as they were not needed. The source is ‘rose tinted’, meaning that the environment seems safe even though, the woman is holding a bomb in her hand. This is illustrating to other women that this type of work is innocuous. On the other hand, the title of the source is “for king and country”. This is directly linking the work in munitions factories to work in the forefront of the war, possibly to encourage more women to join. It depicts that, working in factories has the same effect as fighting; it would’ve portrayed the patriotism in the women of the time period, allowing women and men to be equals during the war. Although, this egalitarianism did not last long, primarily because the men had returned from war and retained their previous jobs which the women had occupied whilst they were absent. On the contrary, we must denote the provenance of the source. As we can see, it has been produced by a government painter, Edward Skinner. Due to been recorded through a government painting, this is …show more content…
From the source we can gather that Punch magazine is overwhelmed by the “new incarnations” that women have been carrying out during the wartime. However, by mentioning “wartime” it suggests that it was because of the war, women were taking on these new roles and that they were simply replacing men who had gone to