WW1 - Women at war

Question 1

3 reasons women were more needed

Answer 1

1 - when the men went to enlist, women took over practical jobs - accountants, bookkeep and clerks.
2 - Nurses overseas or inland (volunteered in Red Cross, mothering men, knitting socks).
3 - Women’s peace army (activists were given attention during this time).

Question 2

How many nurses deployed

Answer 2

3000 roughly overseas - volunteered 25 died roughly

Question 3

Why did women want to be nurses

Answer 3

• experience
• travel
• rights
• independence
• loved ones overseas
• work not charity
• money to keep board

Question 4

Main organisations

Answer 4

AANC - Australian army nurse corps
AAMC - Australian army medical corps

Question 5

Where did nurses work

Answer 5

Casualty clearance centres, hospitals, ships, trains, all near the front lines.
8 were decorated for bravery in these places

Question 6

Paid less by how much and why?

Answer 6

40-60% less
Traditional values of the time, as men wanted women to be the subordinate species.
Women working in men’s fields was a new concept, so the started at the very bottom
*They were also seen as purely temporary

Question 7

Legal status pf Australian women

Answer 7

Feminists were aided in their movement. 1918 - bill passed that allowed NSW women to stand for election in parliament, be jurors, enter legal system and become justices of peace. (*although were still discriminated against).

Feminists fought for:
wages (money not charity)
independence
board and food
protection
marriage

Question 8

Status of women after war and during war

Answer 8

Seen as a very ambitious and could usually only obtain work through how much ambition she held. Were spoken highly and lowly of by men at the time.