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Describe the employment opportunities for women in Britain at the outbreak of the war.
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Coursework - History Describe the employment opportunities for women in Britain at the outbreak of the war. Shortly before the outbreak of the war, working and middle-class women were fighting for new freedoms and a different role to play in the advancing industry. The majority of Britain's women, wanted to be equal to men, rather than being house bound or something to show off. With this new motivation to play a more important role, secondary schools and universities were opening to women, allowing them the same education as men. At the time of World War One, many people believed that the war had helped advance women politically and economically. Mrs Millicent Fawcett, leading feminist, founder of Newham College Cambridge and president of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies from 1897 to 1918, said in 1918: 'The war revolutionised the industrial position of women - it found them serfs and left them...
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