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Describe the employment opportunities of women in Britain between 1914 and 1918 Employment opportunities for women increased between 1914 due to the enlistment of men. Very few women had regular work pre-1914 but many chose to work to earn extra income for their family and to support the war effort between 1914 and 1918. The Women's Land Army gave women was formed under the jurisdiction of the government in 1917. Most women who joined the Land Army were middle or upper-class. This allowed women who had never worked in their life to work with people similar to themselves. In 1914, 100,000 women worked full-time on the land and in 1919 this number had increased to 113,000. Discipline was harsh in the Land Army and the work was hard but rewarding: "From there I was posted to Lincolnshire for the back-aching job of picking up potatoes," Mrs Price. This was a good employment...

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