Women During Ww2

World War Two would hit Europe hard and fast. Massive changes were to be made in multiple ways. One very significant change was the worldwide mobilization of women. Many powers around the world realized that winning a war this massive would be a challenge. Putting women to work, they hoped would lead them to a win. In the British Commonwealth, for example, women were recruited and volunteered to work in various sectors on the home front. The British success in the Second World War is a result of the sudden introduction of women workers into the many civilian wartime industries.
A portion of the new women workforce worked jobs relating to agriculture. While many women were conscripted to work, many actually volunteered to work. In the year 1941,

Typical farm labor was short during WWII, and food being a necessity; it started with the wives of farmers. The wives of farmers worked overtime, and long hours to provide for the new laborers. With crazy shortages of manpower in a time of high demand for food, over 20,000 Land Army Girls gathered to take the places of the men that left at the farms and help to keep the nation fed (Markham 150). With all of the typical male farmhands being drafted into the armed forces, women had to take over. A country cannot function well without food, especially during a world war, so these women were very beneficial to the home front and the war efforts overall. Women were employed in four sectors: General farming, Dairy farming, market gardening and forestry. They were assigned based on what suited them best (Markham150). This specialization in jobs led to an overall efficiency increase, which means a more significant output. There was less wasted time and resources, which is critical in wartimes. These women farmhands were very hard workers, like all of the workingwomen on the British home front during this time. They worked very hard, with upwards of 48

These women mastered their jobs and became efficient. In reality, these women had to be efficient, with munitions being a necessity for war. When world war two was heating up, Churchill started to advocate for women to take on important and dangerous roles (Lindsay). One common dangerous role was working in a munitions factory. Munitions workers produced armaments, which are the basic tools to any military campaign (Williams 59). Some examples of armaments that were produced by women are: Hand grenades, torpedoes, and other miscellaneous explosives and guns. All of these items produced by women back at home were used in some way in battles throughout the war, leading to multiple successful battles. Work in these munitions factories gave women an opportunity to contribute to the success of their home country (Williams 59). Countries without significant war tools are bound to succumb to the enemy, and in this case, the Nazis were pumping out exotic weapons never seen before. So Britain women produced enough to defeat the Nazis alongside other nations to win the war. "Efforts at the factory benches had been crucial to the success of Britain’s military campaign" (Williams 261). The women in the munitions factories were surprisingly efficient and working well and very hard for being brand new to industry (Williams 58). People who witnessed these women at