How useful and reliable are these sources in explaining how women’s lives were affected by World War 1?
World War 1 began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It was a war that was waiting to happen but the spark that triggered the war was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand; the heir to the Austria – Hungry throne on 28th June 1914. WW1 was a war between the countries in the Triple Entente and the Triple Alliance. The long term causes of the war included nationalism when people believed that their own country was better than others, imperialism when countries wanted to conquer colonies such as Africa which created conflict as every country wanted an empire, militarism when countries wanted to build up a stronger army and navy and finally alliance when countries joined together to help each other if there was a war. Throughout the duration of the war, women were one of the main groups who were significantly affected. Their lives changed as women gained more independence and political representation by proving themselves and doing the jobs that only men were traditionally allowed to do. The sources will enable us to find out the impact and effect that the First World War had on women in Britain.
Before the war, not many women worked. The few that had jobs were working as teachers, nurses and domestic maids and they were not permitted to go out without a chaperone. During World War 1, many men in Britain joined the army to fight for their country leaving behind their families and their jobs. As a result, many women were called upon to fill the gaps in employment that the men had left. Women were required to do many manual labours such as factory works which included making munitions, farming, posting, policing and nursing as these were the services that were most needed and important to the soldiers on the home front. Source A1 is from a website focused at GSCE history students. From this source, we can learn that with so many men volunteering to join the army, employment rates fell drastically. As a result of this, the British government became very alarmed about the amount of vacant and staff less jobs; so women were called upon to get the industry up and running smoothly again. This source is useful as it supports my own knowledge that as a result of women stepping in for the men, women gained more respect and gained political representation as they proved that they were just as capable to do what the men could. However, Source A1 is not useful as it does not clearly state the specific work, society or political position of women before or after the war. This source is reliable and we can trust it because it is not a first hand account about the way the lives of women changed, making it is less likely to be biased as the information will be more holistic and everything will be taken into account. However, this source is not very trust worthy or reliable as the author was not physically present during the occurrence of WW1, making the information secondary and biased and it may be more opinionated rather than factual because the author has researched the information and then personally interpreted it.
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In addition, the source was written in 2008 which was years after WW1 so the information is not very accurate and could have been tampered with and exaggerated, making it biased and unreliable. Nevertheless, the purpose of the source is to guide and help GCSE students for revision and study. So the source is likely to be accurate as it is from a BBC website which is a traditionally reliable source of information. However, there is a limit to its usefulness and reliability as the origin was taken from a website for GCSE students so the information has been simplified with limited detail.
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Countless fit British men went to war to fight for their country; leaving all male responsibilities for the women to handle. Numerous jobs such as factory work, farms and the government sector were left abandoned by the men, so therefore many women had to step in to keep the British jobs going. To support this, Source A2 shows the official government statistic comparing the numbers of women working in 1914 and in 1918 in Wales and England. Source A2 is a primary official government statistic that was made by the UK government. It shows that the roles of women in Britain changed drastically. By tradition, low class women worked as cooks, cleaners and domestic maids which were all jobs that were draining and very low paid. Usually richer and upper class women did not work as they could afford not to. The source is useful as it is factual and an official government statistic and I can learn that for example; by 1918, 3 million women were working in the industry sector unlike in 1914 when only 2 million women worked in industrial jobs. Nevertheless Source A2 is not useful as it has no information about whether the employed women had job satisfaction, how many hours they worked and how much they were paid. This source is reliable as it was made in the UK in the years before and during WW1. The source was made to inform people of the changes in gender roles in Britain, so the information is most likely to be correct. On the contrary, the source is not reliable as it was made by the UK government so it could be biased and a form of propaganda to get more women into the work force and to look favourable. Also, it doesn’t show which part of the UK the source relates to and the age group that were actually employed. Therefore, meaning that the source is not very beneficial as the amount of women working in certain jobs might be affected by the type of area they live in in Britain the age and the amount of money paid.
From the information given in Source A3 we can learn that countless women across Britain had to work in munitions factories to make the necessary weapons needed by the British army during the war. The source tells us that the change in gender roles had a vast impact on the lives of women in Britain as they were doing jobs that they were never permitted to do before. From background knowledge, we know that the lives of women in Britain changed as some jobs such as working in munitions factories were very dangerous and had serious side effects and health hazards. Many women ended up with TNT poisoning due to breathing in the toxic fumes and as a result of this they became very yellow faced, ginger hair, infertile and they were dying slowly inside. Source A3 is useful as it is an actual photograph of women in a munitions factory in South Wales. It supports my own knowledge that many women worked in munitions factories and we can learn from the picture that women were taken out of their comfort zones and into cramped, filthy and very unsafe conditions. The source is not useful as it is just a photograph of women working in munitions factories only. The source is not reliable and is biased as it is only a picture that was taken in a munitions factory in South Wales so it does not give us any information about other jobs across Britain and the amount of pay they received. On the other hand the source is reliable as it is a picture that was taken during the occurrence of WW1 so it most likely to be true. But then again, the source is not as reliable as it was most likely made by the government as a form of propaganda so could well have been over exaggerated and cannot be trusted. Therefore making the source unreliable as the picture may be staged by the government to portray a good perspective that many women were working and as a form of propaganda to get more women into the war front.
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Using the evidence form Source A5, I can infer that the lives of women in Britain changed significantly as before the war in 1914; the majority of employed women were working as domestic maids and were not valued at all by their employers. The source tells us that prior to WW1; women were working for 15 long hours for only £2 a month; whereas during the war years, women were more respected as employees. There is evidence for this as in Source A5; it tells us that there was a pay difference between the domestic service and the war work. Women were later paid a much higher amount of £5 a week for 12 hours of war work. This suggests that the pay was higher because the war work jobs were very dangerous and they there were fewer women per job. The source is useful because it supports my own knowledge that many women enjoyed the war work rather than the domestic services mainly because of the higher pay. It also supports my knowledge as it states that the lives of women were altered by the war. Yet, this source is not useful as it doesn’t tell us if the author; Mrs H. Felsted actually liked the job, it only gives us an impression that the work was worth it for the money and it was not real work.
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Source A5 is reliable and we can trust it because it is an informative and a first hand letter from a woman that was affected by the war. The purpose of the source is to inform readers about the way the lives of women were altered so the information is more likely to be true and accurate with real life experiences too. However, we can also say that the source is not reliable and is biased because the letter may be used by the museum as a form of propaganda and the author may be biased in her response as she has arguably already got the biased opinion that her life was dramatically altered. Likewise, we cannot trust this source because although it was written by a woman whose life was altered by the war, the source can also be classed as secondary in formation. This is due to the fact that it was published in 1976; therefore meaning that there is a danger that the facts written by the woman herself may have been tampered with and interpreted differently by the museum before publishing the letter.
Source A8 tells me that the lives of women changed for the worst during the war. This is down to the fact that it states that women working at a London aircraft works were only paid 15s per week for up to 12 hours of tiring work. This source is useful and I agree with it as it supports my own knowledge that during the war years; the lives of women did not only change for the better, but also for the worse. The source supports my knowledge that the war had a negative impact on the lives of women because before the war; although women did not greatly enjoy working as domestic helpers, at least they received a higher pay of £2 a month for 15 hours of work. Yet, it is arguable that the source has a limit to its usefulness as it does not clearly state if the women were satisfied as dope painters, the source only gives me the impression that the women were unhappy with their job. Source A8 is reliable because it was written by an author that was present during the war years and the sole purpose of the source is to inform the readers about the way women were treated in London during WW1. Furthermore, we can trust this source because the author is writing in a history book in 1932. Consequently, meaning that the information given by the author is less likely to be biased but more accurate as history book are factual and a way for people to gain an insight and more knowledge of past events.
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Moreover, the book was published in 1932 which is a few years after the war so the author and the publishers would have had enough time to research and develop the information, so then making the source trustworthy. On the other hand, we cannot trust the source because the author of the history book did not in fact work as a dope painter so the information she gives is technically secondary as it was not her own life experience. Adding to that, it is not reliable as the book may be seen as biased because the author herself is a campaigner for women’s rights. Thus meaning that the information she gives is most likely to already have a negative viewpoint about the way women were treated during WW1.
Ultimately, the lives of women were significantly affected by WW1, both in the positive and negative aspect. Before the war; women were very restricted and had no independence in the employment sector, society and politics. My five selected sources have shown me that before the war; the vast majority of women were doing domestic services, they were not allowed out without a chaperone and they were not permitted to vote. But during the war; women gained more independence in society through working in places such as munitions factories where they gained more money each week/month. Again, Source A1 is useful as it supports my knowledge that women gained respect and independence as they proved that they were just as capable to do what the men could do but is not useful because it does not clearly state the specific work, society or political position of women before or after the war. The source is reliable as it is not a first hand account so the information is less likely to be biased as everything will be taken into account but is not reliable as the author was not there during WW1. Source A2 is useful as it is an official government statistic but is not useful as it has no information how long they worked and how much they were paid. The source is reliable because it is informative so the information is most likely to be correct. On the contrary, the source is not reliable as it was made by the UK government so it could be biased and a form of propaganda to get more women into the work force and to look favourable.
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