World War I: Impact On The Working Class Of Women

Do you ever wonder how the women in were able to take on a job, housekeeping, and taking care of children all as a single parent while the men were at war? During World War I, this took a major toll on the working class of women. In this essay, I will mention how World War I was an impact on women and how they reacted towards it, the changes that they made to make things easier for themselves, and if these changes made theirs lives better or worse. World War I was something that happened very quickly and unexpectedly and the women were left to learn fast on how to figure things out without their men around.

World War I had a huge impact on the women in for several reasons. As the men headed out for flight and war, the women had to take their

Normally a woman’s job would be to stay home and proceed in housework, taking care of the children, making meals, knitting clothes, laundry, etc. Women could barely take care of themselves during this time nevermind taking care of their children. They were so busy with working long shifts during the day and sometimes working thirteen days straight without a break. They then would go home to do housework, laundry, and meal cooking. When working in these factories, there were accidents, such as an explosion that happened and killed 73 woman and destroyed homes around the area. The chemicals that they were breathing in and touching were causing health issues for these women. Women were being paid more than they were before the war had started but not nearly as much as the men were being paid while working, which is completely unfair. These women didn’t

Some of the reasons the changes made their lives worse was because many women lost their jobs after the war ended and were forced to return to home and continue on with the work they were doing before. After losing their jobs, they knew that their privilege to work was gone. With overworking women and not giving food or water to them, it made it harder for them to produce energy to work and to get things done faster. They would work with TNT explosives, toxic chemicals that could of caused death or sickness, so this was scary for them. The lack of attention given to their children made it worse because they would be lacking good guidance and could produce bad behavior habits. There were also reasons that the changes made their lives better. One of them being that women gained the right to vote, which was huge back then. After the war had ended it was better for woman as well because it was proven that women lived longer and were producing better health. There was way less infant deaths because they had better nutrition and better living standards with the mother's’ home. Having smaller households, wages rising, and the cost of food at the same price meant that there was more food provided in the house for families. One of the most important reasons it made women’s lives better was because it was shown to have boosted their self-confidence, self-worthy, skills, and bettered their