Germany’s shift of women in the workforce was not as significant as other European countries during World War I. However they did see an increase of the range of jobs available to women. The rise of nationalism and propaganda campaigns encouraged women to join the workforce and to contribute to the war effort . Women in urban areas often had many more opportunities for work available to them rather than rural area women. Middle and upper-class women had opportunities such as becoming a police officer or joining nursing but lower-class women often did not have such options. German women worked alongside men in textile and metal factories, however they did not see a rise in salaries and often got paid much less than a man doing the same job.
