What happened after the men and boys went off to war?
When men and boys went off to fight in WWI as most did, they would leave the women and children home to fend for themselves. Because at this time men did most of the work as far as providing and protecting his family, when he was gone it made it very difficult for the women to continue to provide and protect.
How did the war affect the women back home?
During the war women were to be found mostly at the home front while a minority went close to the actual fronts where the war was being fought, some even into combat.
The only woman soldier enlisted in the British Army managed the feat by passing herself off as a man. Dorothy Lawrence, a 20-year-old ambitious journalist, joined in 1915 the B.E.F. Tunneling Company using the alias Denis Smith, aided by some sympathetic men. She gave herself in after only 10 days worried about the safety of these men and had to endure an absurd interrogatory, as the authorities assumed she was a 'camp follower', that is to say, a prostitute, a term she misunderstood.
With men not around women gained many rights in society that were previously denied to them.
Unfortunately these rights were short lived as they were again stripped of the rights and went back to being home makers upon the return of the men.
What role did women play in the War?
Women were nurses in World War 1. Unfortunately there were few hospital tents and nurses were unable to help many people. Injured bodies tragically died under the heat or cold of the weather. These bodies rotted on the hot sand but the surroundings made it hard for their bodies to be buried. Few nurses died but some did in explosions or gun shooting.
Women also supported their husbands, sons, brothers and other family members and friends. This wasn't much nor was it fighting but men felt loved and fought for these women.
When men and boys went off to fight in WWI as most did, they would leave the women and children home to fend for themselves. Because at this time men did most of the work as far as providing and protecting his family, when he was gone it made it very difficult for the women to continue to provide and protect.
How did the war affect the women back home?
During the war women were to be found mostly at the home front while a minority went close to the actual fronts where the war was being fought, some even into combat.
The only woman soldier enlisted in the British Army managed the feat by passing herself off as a man. Dorothy Lawrence, a 20-year-old ambitious journalist, joined in 1915 the B.E.F. Tunneling Company using the alias Denis Smith, aided by some sympathetic men. She gave herself in after only 10 days worried about the safety of these men and had to endure an absurd interrogatory, as the authorities assumed she was a 'camp follower', that is to say, a prostitute, a term she misunderstood.
With men not around women gained many rights in society that were previously denied to them.
Unfortunately these rights were short lived as they were again stripped of the rights and went back to being home makers upon the return of the men.
What role did women play in the War?
Women were nurses in World War 1. Unfortunately there were few hospital tents and nurses were unable to help many people. Injured bodies tragically died under the heat or cold of the weather. These bodies rotted on the hot sand but the surroundings made it hard for their bodies to be buried. Few nurses died but some did in explosions or gun shooting.
Women also supported their husbands, sons, brothers and other family members and friends. This wasn't much nor was it fighting but men felt loved and fought for these women.