Women's Role in Britain's War Effort in World War II: The Changing Role of Women
THE WOMEN’S ROLE IN BRITAIN’S WAR EFFORT IN WORLD WAR II
-THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN-
The mayor contribution of women to the war effort was during World War I; there were more activities of the suffragettes to gain the votes for the general elections of 1918. In the 1930’s, social roles were clearly defined, a woman’s place was at home and a man’s place was at work. If a woman had no family to look after, it was acceptable for them to go outside home for work. But during the World War II the British government worked hard to keep the Nazi’s away. Extreme measures were taken on the home front.
The minister for labor and national service Ernest Bevin made the radical decision to call up for women for help to the war effort. By December 1940, Bevin ordered the conscription of the women into the services. Women had a very important role to the war effort in the home front during World War II. This speeded up the process to make women more acceptable to men in the ‘workplace’.
Women still worked at home but also in Civil Defenses, or even in the armed forces, women played a big part in helping Britain win the war.
At the begging of the war women could chose what activities and efforts they could do for their contribution. Women started at home, they crisscrossed their windows even before the war was declared. They also took tasks of home protection from men, like constructing the Anderson shelter that were built in gardens.
As the war progressed and the men were called to work, many of the women started getting more opportunities for jobs, such as bus driving and captaining the transport barges that moved essential materials along canals and waterways to supply the factories. Some were even pilots for conventional plains. Others, while carrying out their jobs, also volunteered to the Civil Defense Organizations working as auxiliary policemen, ambulance drivers and first-aid workers.
The most important contribution that a woman could make to the
-THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN-
The mayor contribution of women to the war effort was during World War I; there were more activities of the suffragettes to gain the votes for the general elections of 1918. In the 1930’s, social roles were clearly defined, a woman’s place was at home and a man’s place was at work. If a woman had no family to look after, it was acceptable for them to go outside home for work. But during the World War II the British government worked hard to keep the Nazi’s away. Extreme measures were taken on the home front.
The minister for labor and national service Ernest Bevin made the radical decision to call up for women for help to the war effort. By December 1940, Bevin ordered the conscription of the women into the services. Women had a very important role to the war effort in the home front during World War II. This speeded up the process to make women more acceptable to men in the ‘workplace’.
Women still worked at home but also in Civil Defenses, or even in the armed forces, women played a big part in helping Britain win the war.
At the begging of the war women could chose what activities and efforts they could do for their contribution. Women started at home, they crisscrossed their windows even before the war was declared. They also took tasks of home protection from men, like constructing the Anderson shelter that were built in gardens.
As the war progressed and the men were called to work, many of the women started getting more opportunities for jobs, such as bus driving and captaining the transport barges that moved essential materials along canals and waterways to supply the factories. Some were even pilots for conventional plains. Others, while carrying out their jobs, also volunteered to the Civil Defense Organizations working as auxiliary policemen, ambulance drivers and first-aid workers.
The most important contribution that a woman could make to the