How Women's Lives Changed In Society As A Result of WW1

Question 1

Family Planning

Answer 1

*Birth control introduced (Marie Stopes) so married women could now plan when they wanted to have children giving them more freedom

Question 2

Clothing

Answer 2

*Became more practical
*Women are now allowed to wear trousers in public
*Skirt lengths became shorter and by 1926, knee length skirts were now acceptable

Question 3

Appearance

Answer 3

Women were now allowed short hair cuts

Question 4

Education

Answer 4

Women were newly introduced to joining certain University courses and professions that they had previously been excluded from (1919 Sex Disqualification (removal) Act)

Question 5

Employment

Answer 5

*Women had the experience and opportunity to being the main earner in their family
*However many employers chose not to hire women, their wages were also not equal to men and they were expected to give up work if they got married or pregnant

Question 6

Attitudes Towards Women

Answer 6

Some men started to see women as their equals as they managed to take over their jobs, others disagreed and some women were sacked as a result