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Describe the gains and losses experienced by women in the workplace after World War II and the contributing factors. Explain the changes that took place in post WWII Britain for women, including the struggle for rights at work. Examine the role strikes have played in gaining rights for women in the workplace.
- World War Ii: 1939-1945
In many ways, the story of women’s employment during WWI was...
- World War I: 1914-1918
Women’s employment rates increased during WWI, from 23.6% of...
- From The 1970S to The Present
Women still remain under–represented in the leadership of...
- 19th and Early 20th Century
According to the 1911 census, domestic service was the...
- Introduction
Women have always worked, whether in paid jobs, or in the...
- World War Ii: 1939-1945
12 Αυγ 2020 · The presence of women from the British Empire in the war is almost completely missing from even recent publications such as the state-of-the art three-volume Cambridge History of the Second World War. This publication, with numerous articles spanning the global war, does not have much at all to say about gender history.
The following table gives the population of the British Empire and its territories, in several different time periods. The most populous territory in the empire was British India , which included what are now Pakistan and Bangladesh .
Lost Generation. During World War II, the civilian population in Britain experienced higher mortality while the casualties of combatants were lower. Still the losses of men at prime fertile age after the two wars changed the demographic structure in Great Britain, resulting in a skewed post-war sex ratio, particularly after World War I. 1.4 ...
4 Μαΐ 2020 · In 1939, for a second time in just over twenty years, Britain found itself embroiled in an international conflict, and women stepped forward to work in civil defence, armed forces, and industry. Unlike any other country, for the first time, British women were conscripted into service.
18 Φεβ 2021 · The article elaborates on neglected agents of diplomacy, such as female members of civil society, and the significance of rhetoric, gendered performance, and appearances that contributed to the restoration of the image of France in Britain.
Twentieth-century wars have been seen not just as periods of social change for women, but as periods of progress towards their emancipation. Contemporaries spoke in these terms. For instance Edith Summerskill wrote in March 1942: ‘The freedom which women are...
