What happened to women when the war was over?
This picture (source 1) explains that when the men came back from war, it was hard for them to find jobs because the business employers were able to pay lower wages to women, therefore making it cheaper and more efficient for them to hire women. [Cartoon from 'The Worker' 10 February 1916. The cartoon depicts a situation in which a returned soldier is being rejected for employment because the business is able to pay lower wages for females.]
DID WOMEN EVER DEMAND FOR ANYTHING IN EXCHANGE FOR REPLACING MEN IN THE WORKFORCE?
Before the war started women would protest about “women having a right to vote, they were called the suffragettes. The suffragettes argued that women should be able to vote and should include government by women, because laws affect women as much as they do men. By the end of the war the women got their rights to vote because of all the hard work that they did to help the war effort. |