WW2 Women
A looks at how the life for women changed during WW2
The great shell shortage of may in 1915 was to help the women get jobs rapidly as at the front line men we unable to fire their guns due to lack of rounds. Back in England David Lloyd George became Minister of Munitions he wanted it rolling of the factories fast so they needed more workers. His answer was to start employing more women. This made Asquith “business as usual” finish as the women were needed of the war was lost it was clear the country needed reorganizing, this happened at the same time as the suffragettes March “right to work”.
This set up a national register that was to take down women’s names that were ready to go into work into the munitions factories for many women this was a new way of life. The women left their jobs in domestic services to go and work in the factories for the freedom that came with the wage of only £3 a week. By the end of the war over 900,000 women were working in munitions factories.
There were many other jobs that women occupied not just in the munitions factories these were the two big main that they were included in the land army which was where they worked on the farms. As all the men had gone to war the farms were empty and by the end of the war about 13,000 women had singed up for this duty. There was also the women’s police force as described above.
One of the many problems with women working was that someone wasn’t going to be happy with it that someone was the group of men who were unfit to go to war for whatever reason. As these were usually skilled they were worried that as women were being made to do skilled jobs when they were unskilled so they would be paid less, thus they thought the men would start to be paid less. Even unskilled jobs such as farms and the like the men when they would return were worried that they wouldn’t have a job to go back to and that they would need to go a retrain to a very high level where women couldn’t reach them.
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Post Commentsarah
On May 12, 2007 at 6:04 am
hello my name is sarah and i am 14 yrs old i really enjoyed this article and it helped me alot with my coursework thankyou very much !
withheld
On September 29, 2007 at 6:10 am
Thank you very much…. your article helped me with my coursework too
just one thing… aren’t the dates and events during the lead-up and times of WW1 (1914-1918)??
thanks again
May
On November 14, 2007 at 5:57 am
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On November 21, 2007 at 8:32 am
Thanks your article is very good. It will surely help me with my homework project on woman in WW2. ^_^
Stella
On January 18, 2008 at 9:28 pm
Thank you so much! The article helped alot with my project on women in WW2
ayesha
On February 4, 2008 at 6:31 pm
thank you so so so much! it’s really good and it really helped for my history fair on women in navy during ww2 , again thanks alot!bye
janessa
On February 22, 2008 at 4:03 pm
your article is really amazing, it really helped for what i am going to do for my english article thank you so so so much its so good!!
ruslan
On March 9, 2008 at 9:15 am
guys…i think there is a mistake here….the dates singnify that this is about WW1 and not WW2 and btw from the general knoledge we know that lloyed george can to rule during WW1 and the “right to work” march also happend during WW1 so i think they should do spmething with the title…
faruq
On March 10, 2008 at 1:05 pm
hi this is so lol wait that tmi thats so tmth
maddie
On March 10, 2008 at 7:53 pm
thanks!
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On March 16, 2008 at 2:00 pm
I really agree with some of the others on this site–NOT A GOOD ARTICLE—
KIDS–Check out reliable sources for your HW! WW2 did not take place in 1914-1918–
Im LiL,Sarge
On March 17, 2008 at 12:52 pm
okay look i know its not that great but i mean i done it for my corsework and got a C so thats a pass in my books and for the record i got 9 passes so my work cant be all bad, and for this last comment made i only done it just to help out those who had trouble on this like i did . dont judge me or say its crap its ment for use in combination with many articals , to get an overall picture . and yes ww2 was 1939-45 and ww1 was 1914-18.
Asimina
On April 7, 2008 at 12:14 am
I would not consider this article a reliable source for a report/project.
Besides the dates being incorrect, there are multiple grammatical errors and the sentences do not make sense.
Carmen
On April 10, 2008 at 7:56 am
Thank you for having all this information, it helped me with my report with what women did during World War 2.
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On April 30, 2008 at 7:00 pm
it is not a good source. and it didnt help me all that much. sorry if that makes you upset but i speak the truth
pongo
On April 30, 2008 at 7:02 pm
a c? should have been a fail…
who messes up the dates of ww1 and ww2?
i am a teacher and would consider it a fail in my books
sorry.
alex
On October 5, 2008 at 2:40 am
thanks this helped me with my women in ww2 project.
Thanks
HOLLY BERRY*****
On October 29, 2008 at 8:14 am
Sorry i dont believe ne of this. mayb some is true idk….
Destiny Hope Cyrus
On December 13, 2008 at 4:02 pm
Hi!!
I have not read everything, but, it probably is very informative! I am wondering, though, why some people have said they do not believe it!? What is that all about!?
Yours, Confusedly,
Destiny Hope Cyrus
xx
Laura
On December 13, 2008 at 4:05 pm
Hi!
Im doing a Women in WW2 project, too! And this page has really helped me!
And, oh my gosh! Is that Miley Cyrus who wrote above me?!
COOL!!
Me
On January 29, 2009 at 11:24 am
I like to eat pie
Aidan
On February 3, 2009 at 1:03 pm
Yeah
Sorry to say that it isn’t really very easy to read, alot of stuff is, Destiny Hope Cyrus the reason lost of people don’t believe it is because some of the facts are muddled and it is quite vague, its just giving an overview but not going into great detail about everything, so it makes me wonder whether the facts were just memorized or the writer doesn’t have a great understanding of the topic.
Regards, Aidan
Asley
On February 13, 2009 at 2:01 pm
this is helpful
nathan
On May 8, 2009 at 7:34 am
This is poorly written. Most likely due to the fact that it was by a British person. ££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££
erie
On June 4, 2009 at 12:31 am
Thanks, your artical was very good and a big help
Emily
On February 6, 2010 at 10:13 am
It is poorly written, so it was probably not written by a British person as Brits are reknown for their grammar. (Source: All American films, Birts protrayed as POSH AND GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT. Or you might only understand movie if your American.) Most of the facts are wrong, the dates are especially noticable. change the title to WW1, and do a spellcheck. -.-
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ujjuiikt
On March 2, 2010 at 6:00 am
Who on earth wrote this? I mean it`s easy enough to get the two world wars muddled up,but you`d think when writing an article on world war two you`d at the very least checked the decade you where writing about.A VERY MISLEADING ARTICLE TO SAY THE LEAST!
Ciara Monet'
On May 27, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Don’t use this article….
rumy
On March 26, 2012 at 3:46 pm
The comments are really harsh and i think that as humans, everyone makes mistakes, it doesnt matter where on earth you are from!
I for one, sympathise with Sarge but also ask him to take down his article, correct it and then put it back up for people’s sakes! So sorry on behalf of everyone, don’t feel bad.
rumy
On March 26, 2012 at 3:46 pm
The comments are really harsh and i think that as humans, everyone makes mistakes, it doesnt matter where on earth you are from!
I for one, sympathise with Sarge but also ask him to take down his article, correct it and then put it back up for people\’s sakes! So sorry on behalf of everyone, don\’t feel bad.
rumyyy
On March 26, 2012 at 3:47 pm
The comments are really harsh and i think that as humans, everyone makes mistakes, it doesnt matter where on earth you are from!
I for one, sympathise with Sarge but also ask him to take down his article, correct it and then put it back up for people\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’s sakes! So sorry on behalf of everyone, don\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\’t feel bad.
Shanquiqui
On May 11, 2012 at 4:42 pm
Hello i did not read your article but everyone else was posting things so i figured i will as well. Im sure it was intriguing so fare well my fello matie i wish you the best of voyages in the seas