| Author | Subject: Re: how world war 1 affected women |
| brenda | Posted At 18:04:20 11/07/2003
well, i understand ur point of view, but look at mine for a moment. when the men went out at war, there wasn't any one to work in factories, and as clerks...etc. so the women got those jobs plus i'm sure they had to cook & clean their houses. some changes are that they got jobs (they had to work for 12 hours a day, 7 days a week),they were also given liitle opportunity to do more than make bandages & "comforts" for the troops.women also worked in offices as typists, they worked on buses & drove underground trains, there were women in the police & the armed forces. their appearance started to change after a while: shorter hair, shorter skirts,even their small waists disappeared,their apparel/dress changed; from short skirts to pants used by "landgirls". now wot do u think abt. women's "hardship" as u put it?? write & tell me. |