The roles of Women
Australian women had served in the Australian army as nurses and also as other medical workers. There were also a number of women that had provided comforts to the troops, teachers and fundraisers. Nurses had been expected to be single or windowed. Some married women would go through the recruiting checks , and some got married during their period of service.
For those women who served over seas for whom there detailed statics ,seven of them were under the age of 21. The official minimum age for enlistment was 25
The responsibilities that women had to face during WW1 were things like looking after children , looking after families , women also had to deal with the lack of food they were given. Women had a lonely life because of the roles that they were not used to doing there family member could of been participating in the war.In the long run women actually stated to enjoy there jobs and when the time had come they did not want to give up there jobs. Women were disappointed that they got paid less for the amounts of work they had served.The reason why women were so good in the jobs that they had served during that war was because the jobs they served were similar to the jobs they did like filling there nails etc and this was how women recruited. (Australia gov.au, 2013)
For those women who served over seas for whom there detailed statics ,seven of them were under the age of 21. The official minimum age for enlistment was 25
The responsibilities that women had to face during WW1 were things like looking after children , looking after families , women also had to deal with the lack of food they were given. Women had a lonely life because of the roles that they were not used to doing there family member could of been participating in the war.In the long run women actually stated to enjoy there jobs and when the time had come they did not want to give up there jobs. Women were disappointed that they got paid less for the amounts of work they had served.The reason why women were so good in the jobs that they had served during that war was because the jobs they served were similar to the jobs they did like filling there nails etc and this was how women recruited. (Australia gov.au, 2013)
the jobs taken during the war
· 200,000 women took up jobs in governmental departments.
· 500,000 took up clerical positions in private offices.
· 250,000 worked on in agricultural positions.
· 700,000 women took up posts in the munitions industry, which was dangerous work.
Many more women did hard heavy work, including ship building and furnace stoking. These types of jobs had excluded women prior to the war.(Women in wartime, 2013)
· 500,000 took up clerical positions in private offices.
· 250,000 worked on in agricultural positions.
· 700,000 women took up posts in the munitions industry, which was dangerous work.
Many more women did hard heavy work, including ship building and furnace stoking. These types of jobs had excluded women prior to the war.(Women in wartime, 2013)
What did world War 1 do for women
The war meant women had to take on a number of traditionally male roles. Which meant while the men had been fighting throughout the war women took the jobs that the men would usually do.
Other perspectives of World War one
On 8 August 1914 when Britain declared war on Germany and its allies, the Australian public were united in unprecedented enthusiasm, not only for their devotion to the British Empire, but also against the number of German-Australians living in Australia at the time. Australians of British descent believed that Australians with German origins would immediately give their full support to the German Empire.
Women perspective of world war one
Women had been given certain roles throughout the War, but the only way they could achieve anything was by military cooks and clerks.This allowed the men who usually filled the roles and became free and available for any military duties or roles that needed to be filled. But they were not reconsidered invisible until a job came up like encouraging men to join the army or domestic duties.
Government perspective
the Australian government had a much different perspective on women they we allowed to vote during the World War 1women were strongly discouraged by the Australian Government to fill roles in the army force.