1. How far did World War 2 change the lives of women? Learning Objectives Know the effects of war on women Understand the extent to which women experienced a revolution Be able to compare the impacts of World War 1 and 2. Use historians quotes to give judgements

2. Outcomes ALL (E-D) Describe the economic and social changes women experienced as a result of the war MOST (C-B) Explain the most and least significant changes SOME (A) Judge how far the changes can be considered a revolution.

3. True or False? 1.1 million women entered the workforce in WW1 2.By 1918 women made-up a quarter of the total workforce 3.Women entered industries such as coal- mining and dock work 4.Women’s wages remained unequal to men’s 5.The number of women working in banking increased by 600%

4. True or False? 6.By the end of the war around 80% of the workforce in shell factories were women 7.Women could not serve in the armed forces 8.The 1918 Representation of the People Act gave all women the right to vote 9.The 1920 Sex Disqualification Act opened-up the civil service, local government and jury service to women 10. By 1921, the percentage of women in the workforce was higher than it had been in 1911

5. True or False? 1.1 million women entered the workforce in WW1 2.By 1918 women made-up a quarter of the total workforce (one third) 3.Women entered industries such as coal- mining and dock work (women still excluded) 4.Women’s wages remained unequal to men’s 5.The number of women working in banking increased by 600%

6. True or False? 6.By the end of the war around 80% of the workforce in shell factories were women 7.Women could not serve in the armed forces (Women’s Royal Navy Service, Women’s Auxiliary Corps, Women’s Royal Air Force – non-combatant jobs) 8.The 1918 Representation of the People Act gave all women the right to vote (had to be 30 and married to a householder) 9.The 1920 Sex Disqualification Act opened-up the civil service, local government and jury service to women (1919) 10. By 1921, the percentage of women in the workforce was higher than it had been in 1911 (it was virtually the same)

7. Did women experience a revolution in WW1? Minor / temporary change Significant / lasting change (revolution) 1919 Sex Disqualification Act 1918 Rep. of People Act Women excluded from mining, dock work Wages unequal Women’s Royal Navy Service and Auxiliary Corps

8. Did women experience a revolution in WW2? Minor / temporary change Significant / lasting change (revolution)

9. Plenary – Do you agree or disagree with these historians’ quotes? You must give precise evidence to support your answer “For many women, these changes were lasting” (Collier) “Most of the effects of change were temporary” (Rowe) Experience of war led to a “social revolution” Women were “more exploited than elevated: women were liberated socially only to be enslaved economically” (Lynch)