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Describe the employment opportunities of women in Britain between 1914 and 1918.
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Robert Haines 5V Describe the employment opportunities of women in Britain between 1914 and 1918. Before 1915 there were high unemployment rates as trade with the Triple Alliance had ceased, many servants and maids were dismissed and some employees shut down their factories in the initial war panic. In September 1914 44% of working women were unemployed. In 1915 the situation changed. The shortage of armaments and supplies for the army and navy meant that there was a shortage of supplies in the munitions industry. There was a growing need for more people to take up posts in the army such as clerks and nurses as it was growing larger. As those who worked in farms were going out to fight there was a shortage of people to work on the land and in the public services. At first there was hostility towards women in most areas that they started to work in....
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