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6 Cards in this Set
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How many women worked in munitions? |
Increased from 90,000 in 1914 to 947,000 by 1918 |
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How many women worked in transport in world war 1 |
Up from 18,200 to 117,200 over the war period |
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How many women worked as nurses in world war 1 |
Rose from 700 in 1914 to 23,000 in 1918 - in the QAIMNSR |
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How many women served in the WAAC |
Set up in 1917, more than 57,000 |
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Name 4 ways in which war brought about change for women |
- new jobs and pay - better pay and condition - increased social respect - women over 30 given vote and right to stand for parliament |
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Name 5 ways in which war didn't bring about great change for women |
- 2/3 of women who had entered the labour force during war had given up their jobs by 1920 - hospitals stopped accepting women trying to train as medical students where as they had during the war - NAS opposed employment of women teachers - not all women given vote - pay after the war was forced back down |
