Watch: What jobs did women do at home?
By 1918 there were five million women working in Britain.
What jobs did women do in towns?
Many women took jobs in shops, or typing in offices.
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What jobs did women do in the countryside?
Women worked in all areas of farming, including ploughing the soil.
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What weapons did women build?
- The war created lots of new jobs.
- Many women were brought in to build weapons.
- They worked with explosives which made some workers ill or their skin turn yellow.
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How did life change for women?
- Despite doing the same jobs as men, women were paid less.
- Women working in shops were paid around half as much as men.
- Only British men were allowed to vote to choose a government.
- This was unfair and lots of women protested to demand better rights.
- In 1918 women with property over the age of 30 were given the right to vote.
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