Approximately 1,600,000 women joined the workforce between 1914 and 1918 in Government departments, public transport, the post office, as clerks in business, as land workers and in factories, especially in the dangerous munitions factories, which were employing 950,000 women by Armistice Day
Women were taking over men’s jobs- women surprised men with their ability to do the task that previously only men completed.- men were shocked that women were so efficient in taking over their jobs and even doing things like heavy lifting or other manual labour.
This photo shows how Women were taking part in the Arms Industry. Before the WW1 women were not allowed to take part in such industry, because it was not considered to be a suitable place for a woman to work.