Women's Life After Ww1

A lot of women went to work in munitions factories, which was a dangerous job but well-paid by the standards of the day. many wome took over jobs that had been vacated by men. In the UK, a lot of women went to work in farming and forestry, and on the railways and the buses. They became chauffeurs and van drivers. They joined the newly formed women's police force. Many women joined the new women's auxilliary services , the women's army, navy, and airforce.

A girl working in the Women's Timber Corps wrote in her diary "Today has been grand. Very cold but the work is fine. It is great to watch a grand old tree crash tot he ground and feel that you did it alone - Life is just what I have always longed for. After dinner tonight we had some music. It was strange to see the girls dancing, breeches and jerseys, in a log hut with a stove in the middle. It will be glorious here in the spring. Even now with snow clad hills all around it is a gorgeous sight". …show more content…
Agatha Christie, for example, became a nurse in London hospital, and eventually went to work in the hospital dispensary, where she acquired the valuable knowledge of poisons that was so useful to her when she began to write her detective stories. One London hospital had an entirely female medical