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Women During the Second World War 1. Describe the ways in which women's work in the home contributed to the war effort 'You women at home are winning the war as much as your menfolk in the services,' reads Source D from the 1941 Ministry of Food. The theme of the importance of women on the home and 'Kitchen Front' is continued by the 1970s school text book in Source K, "It was the ordinary housewife who was in fact decisive...if she had once revolted the whole system would have become unworkable." 'Food is a weapon of war,' states the Ministry of Food. As the German U-boat campaign strengthened, not only valuable military equipment, ammunition and fuel were lost, but food imports were jeopardised and rationing was necessitated. Britain had to become more dependent on its own resources and it became clear that women at home had, 'The job of using...foods...

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