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Was the highly skilled and dangerous work done by women during the war the greatest factor in the granting of the vote to women?
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Was the highly skilled and dangerous work done by women during the war the greatest factor in the granting of the vote to women? Panayota Yiannopoulos As Britain entered the war in August in 1914, as a display of patriotism, Emmaline Pankhurst instructed suffragettes to stop their campaign and violence and support in every way the government. World war one gave woman the opportunity to show a male dominated society that they do more than just raising children and keeping at home. During world war one, women kept soldiers equipped and kept the country moving while the men were fighting. With such a vast majority of men involved in world war one, a gap became apparent in employment. Woman filled this gap. This became a turning point for woman because by the end of world war one they had proved that they were just as important as men in the...
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