During WWI, women took on new roles in the workforce as many men left their jobs to serve in the war. Approximately 1.6 million women joined the workforce between 1914 to 1918, filling jobs in civil service, transport, metal, and chemical industries. Women produced 80% of the weapons used by the British Army while working in munitions factories, known as "munitionettes". The shortage of farm labor also led to the establishment of the Women's Land Army in 1917. However, after the war ended and soldiers returned, women faced pressure to return to traditional gender roles and many lost their jobs.
Before the war, the most common
employment for a woman was as a
domestic servant. However, women
were also employed in what were
seen to be suitable occupations e.g.
teaching, nursing, office work.
Before the war, the most common
employment for a woman was as a
domestic servant. However, women
were also employed in what were
seen to be suitable occupations e.g.
teaching, nursing, office work.
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Because service firms have no quantitative pricing techniques available to them, they must
charge the \"going rate\" for their services.
True
False
Solution
Answer : False
Service firms prepare pricing policies based on their service offered to customers based on their
level of business..
behind the line womens military service in first world world Brit.pdfajaygemsjewels
Because service firms have no quantitative pricing techniques available to them, they must
charge the \"going rate\" for their services.
True
False
Solution
Answer : False
Service firms prepare pricing policies based on their service offered to customers based on their
level of business..
2. Before the WWI, women typically played the role
of the homemaker.
3. As a result of the war's outbreak, female
unemployment rise, especially among servants.
4. As men left their jobs to serve their country during
the war, women replaced them
New job opportunities opened up for women.
Civil service Transport Metal Chemical
eg Typist eg Tram driver eg Munitions workers eg TNT manufacture
+ 1,751% + 544% +376% +160%
6. The women employed in
munitions factories were
known as ‘munitionettes’.
Munitionettes produced 80%
of the weapons used by the
British Army.
7. The shortage of farm labour lead to the
establishment of
the Women’s Land Army in 1917.
8. For many women, the war was "a genuinely liberating experience"
that made them feel like useful citizens.
9. But when soldiers were back, women were pressured to return into the
“traditional” female jobs.
10. “...Even more traumatic (than losing jobs) was the painful process of
readjusting to the return of loved ones from the battlefields. Hundred of
thousands of men returned from the war injured in some way. Women bore a
large part of the burden of caring for these men. Even worse, women lost their
fathers, husbands, lovers, brothers, and sons. For these women, life would
never be the same." Joanna Bourke