Woman Between 1914 and 1961
- Created by: 12asellars
- Created on: 03-02-17 19:34
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- Women 1914 - 1961
- Before 1914
- Second class citizens
- Main role is wife and mother
- Not supposed to work
- Some had to work for money
- Would do low paid unskilled jobs
- Textile Industry
- Paid less than men
- Very Restricted
- Had to go out with older chaperone
- No drinking
- No smoking
- dress conservatively
- no makeup
- No vote
- In WW1
- VAD
- voulenteers and worked as nurses behind l
- WAAD
- Took over most jobs. Set up in 1917
- WRAF
- Routine office and domestic duty
- War Industry
- Made bullets, shells and other war items
- dangerous. 69 workers killed in silver ton explosion. lead poisoning
- Womans Land Army
- Farmers, grave diggers, police etc. 260,000 in WLA and 800,000 in Industry
- VAD
- Between Wars
- Vote
- Woman over 30 could vote along with men over 21
- 21 year old women are too immature to vote
- 1918. women over 21 could vote
- Social change
- more leisure time
- chose when to have kids. (contraception advice)
- Don't have to take family member on dates
- Less restrictive clothes
- New fashions, dances, hairstyles, makeup
- Could seek a divorce if man cheated. Kept property
- Vote
- WW2
- Same as WW1
- Homefront, industry, armed forces roles.
- Paid 75% less than men.
- Still happy with wages. Earned more than ever before
- 1943, equal pay commission
- No Power
- Trades Union Congress (TUC)
- helped women in WW2
- Accepted more women
- Campaigned for equal treatment of women
- Goverment
- provided nurseries
- 1,450 set up in WW2. Only 104 before war
- encouraged job shares
- provided nurseries
- Same as WW1
- Before 1914
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