Women and World War One

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Women and World War One

• Lesson starter
• Why did the Suffrage movement stop during the war?

Example of propaganda encouraging women to work
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• Today we will understand the ways the lives of
  women changed during world war one

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• The Suffrage Movement was suspended so that
  everyone in Britain could help win the war
• Men and Women in Britain now had something in
  common defeating Germany

Kaiser Wilhelm
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• As most of the men were away at war, women had to
  fill their jobs
• Most women worked in munitions factories, making
  shells and weapons
• Most shells used on the Western Front were made
  by women
• Men made jokes about shells made by women

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• Transport
• Women also worked as train and bus conductors,
  tram drivers and ambulance drivers

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• Women also joined the Land Army
• They went out and worked the fields in the
  country
• They helped produce the food that Britain needed
• This helped with the shortage of farm workers
• The harvest of 1917 was the most successful of
  all time

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Propaganda encouraging women to get out and work
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• Women also took up jobs in the fire brigade and
  police force

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• Women could also join the Womens Royal Naval
  Service (WRNS) where they did mainly office jobs
• This led to the creation of a Womens Army
  division (WAAC) although they did not fight on
  the front line

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• Women also joined the Voluntary Aid Detachment,
  helping those who were injured in France

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Create a spider diagram Women's work during
WWI and add in these occupations

• Munitions worker
• Factory worker
• Land army
• Shop worker
• Office worker
• Delivering coal

• Bus or tram driver
• Police force
• Fire service
• Engineers
• Nurses
• Ambulance drivers
• Voluntary Aid Detachment

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Copy this table into your jotter
TYPE OF WORK NEW WOMEN WORKERS 1914-1919
GOVERNMENT WORK (including munitions) Up by 200,000
OFFICE WORK Up by 500,000
FARM WORK Up by 250,000
WOMENS ARMED FORCES Up by 100,000
NURSING 100,000
ENGINEERING 800,000
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Thinking time

• Would World War One improve Women's Lives?
• Think about things such as work, money, husbands
  and attitudes towards women.
• Write down your ideas

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What happened after the war?

• Most women lost their jobs to men coming back
  from war
• Many people believed that women had earned a lot
  of respect from their hard work during the war
• Married Women over 30 were given the vote in 1918

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Women and World War Two

• Lesson Starter
• Why did women earn more respect from men
  following the first world war?
• In what way were women rewarded for their
  efforts during the first world war?

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Women and World War Two

• Learning Intentions
• I will gain an understanding of the impact women
  had in World War Two
• I will gain an understanding of how the
  government encouraged women to work

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World War Two

• During World War Two women did even more work
• They still worked in munitions, land army etc
• Nurseries made it easier for women to get out and
  work
• Women were also encouraged to look after
  neighbours children to allow women out to work

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World War Two

• As in WW1, the government used propaganda posters
  to encourage women to fill in for men.
• Propaganda is
• The spreading of information in order to
  influence public opinion and to manipulate other
  people's beliefs.

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• Women and the War - clips

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• Source A is the view of John Smith who fought in
  World War one
• Women worked hard during the war. They produced
  food and weapons for Britain. However, it was the
  brave men on The Western Front who really won the
  war.
• 1. Do you agree with John Smith? Give reasons for
  your answer.

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• Source B is written by Anna Richard, who was part
  of the Womens Land Army.
• The Land Army was a proper army. We worked from
  dawn until the sun went down. I was from London
  and had never seen a farm in my life. My hands
  bled from the hard work each day.
• 2. How useful is Source C for investigating The
  Land Army? Give reasons for your answer.

Remember Who, What, Why, When, However
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World War Two propaganda
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Extension Task

• Design a poster in your jotter which encourages
  women to work during WW1 or WW2.