WOMEN'S ROLE AT HOME AND THE HOMEFRONT DURING THE GREAT WAR CENTRAL POWERS GERMANY
Domestic Role
The common domestic jobs that women filled were: Sewing Knitting These jobs became militarized in ways such as making handmade comforts for soldiers "Handmade comforts" could be anything comfortable and "nice" for the soldiers Coats Scarfs Gloves Socks GERMANY
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The title of this booklet translates as ‘women’s effort in wartime’, published by the European Fashion Journal. It contains instructions for making quick and easy wartime clothing and equipment such as caps, bandages and uniforms. Most women preferred this kind of work GERMANY Domestic Role
Women filled in the jobs that men couldn't, such as industrial and mechanical jobs Around 400,000 were recruited Important industries at this time were munitions industries due to the need for ammunition GERMANY
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Here is German footage depicting their female workers making munitions GERMANY
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Women Working in the Factories of Germany GERMANY Domestic Role
Between March 1914 and March 1918, the number of women working in: Metal and electrical industries multiplied by eight times Machine-building industries multiplied by 35 times GERMANY Domestic Role
Other industries included: Farming Coal Steel Allowed women to earn more, but not by much GERMANY Domestic Role
Wartime bureaucracy was flourishing Women secured jobs in: Monitoring food prices Rents Health care Labor recruitment GERMANY Domestic Role
Some women also actively mobilized for war Adele Schreiber was a leading figure in the German Social Democratic Women's Movement
WOMEN'S ROLE AT HOME AND THE HOMEFRONT DURING THE GREAT WAR
(ALLIED POWERS) BRITAIN Work Force Women were forced to do the jobs of men Some women were drafted into the civilian workforce Some women worked in “hard jobs” Some women even joined the armed forces mainly in support roles such as nurses and auxiliaries FRANCE Work Force Higher demand for women to work in heavy industry while women in the countryside took up farming and filled local political posts Numbers of women flocked to wartime nursing some took up the novel role of marraines de guerre Nurses in the War Many women served at the front as nurses and medical orderlies Three-month Red Cross nursing courses were opened everywhere FRANCE Women in the Army Female volunteer movement fueled by some women's desire to serve in the army and defend the Fatherland received limited public support Some women went to the front line and fought in the army secretly RUSSIA CONTINUED
Work Force Ministries and agencies were forced to change the statutes on female labor 1916, female labor was increasingly common in Russian industrial enterprises Women took the jobs of "men" More women working in agricultural work AMERICA Work force New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example in munitions factories large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war In the Army Women could serve in the American armed forces as auxiliary personnel Work Force Hospitals were set up and nurse-training courses were started everywhere. Women also took on other different the jobs Peasant women took on manifold activities, ITALY including livestock breeding.
Other Roles The Catholic Women’s Union contributed to the military on January 1915 PROPAGANDA ITS ROLE IN WW1 PROPAGANDA
Persuasive piece – Government uses it to encourage a common opinion promote patriotism German Film justify the war raise money procure resources promote accepted standards of behavior FIGHTING THE ENEMY
Mobilized hatred against the enemy Atrocity propaganda dominated the beginning of WW1 Convinced the population of the justness of the cause Emphasized the barbarity of the enemy Destruction of symbolic structures, rape, mutilation, and torture Reminded people what they were fighting for AT HOME PARTICIPANTS
Promote involvement in both men and women Encouraged men to join the military Posters used children guilting parents Women called on to join the workforce Food donations And "no wasting" posters Turn silver into bullets IN CONCLUSION …