What effect did the role of women during

WW1 have on their status after 1918?

L.O’s:
All of you will be able to describe the role of most women
before the war
Most of you will be able to identify how their role changed
during the war
Some of you could go further and evaluate the lasting
impact of their wartime role.

PLTS’s: Team Workers & Self Managers

What can you infer from this source about the
role of women before WW1?
What is the overall message and purpose of this
source?
circa 1916: A
British
recruitment
poster urging
women to work
in the munitions
factories as part
of Britain's Home
Front during
World War I

Clip:
www.bbc.co.uk/l
earningzone/clip
s/british-
women-at-war-
1914-
1918/5661.html
 Task:
Using page 132 of your booklets each choose a
different source on page 131-132 and tell your
table what the source says and how it shows
that the position of women between 1914-18
changed.

Then do a whole group mindmap from memory.

Prizes to the best most detailed mindmap.
 To what extent had the position of women
changed as a result of the war?

Address:
• Political position
• Social position (flappers)
• Employment