WW1 Flashcards
1
Q
What did the suffragist do in WW1?
A
Supported the war effort, ran training courses so women could help, organised hospital units and continued to petition for female suffrage.
2
Q
What did the suffragettes do in WW1?
A
Supported the war effort and the government, led the white feather campaign, renamed the WSPU as women’s party and called their newspaper Britannia.
3
Q
What jobs did women have in WW1?
A
mutitious factories, farmers, women’s air force, women’s army auxiliary corps and nurses
4
Q
Why were women so important in the war effort?
A
The men were all at war so the women had to do the jobs the men normally did and they helped provide food and nursing for the men.
5
Q
What did this prove to the men?
A
They could do hard work and act sensibly in the workhouse.
