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I have some history questions on the topic of how the roles of women have changed since 1900 (so during the wars).
I have been given a source (its a historians opinion);
     Attitudes to women workers remained, in many cases, negative. The ability of women to take on that had been men's work meant that increasing number of males were vulnerable to conscription. 
     Some women doing skilled work had the full co-operation of male employees. Many other women were restricted to less skilled work and were victims of hostility and even of sabotage.
     I have already done what the source suggests, but im struggling on the "knowledge to agree" and "knowledge to disagree". I'm not asking for someone to write it up for me, but I need some ideas, as I have never answered this type of question and my teacher hasn't taught us this topic, and although I have pages of research, im struggling on how to agree and disagree on this type of question.

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It is asking you to have a written debate.

Attitudes to women in the work place changed.

Really, you seem to take this as a given, it is not, find examples where they didn't, which is not the same as negative.

The Boss who was quite willing to employ women  and did so with real enthusiasm when the Men were at the front, but then promptly sacked all the women at the end of the War and re-employed Men only, he would be a positive while the War was on, but then quietly went back to what he really believed, that is not a positive, however it isn't a negative either, becuse while they were working for him they showed they could do the job.

It is asking you to question the information before you and not take it as a given, both for and against.

Women should not have been given the Vote in the first place, and should have known their place and stayed there, however wasn't it good of us to allow them the freedom of doing an honest days work. while our boys were teaching those Germans a lesson in how to fight.

If that hasn't got your hackles rising then their is no hope for you, basically play devil's advocate, but it is a useful device because it will help you see the other side of the argument, and often shows that those against had sound reasoning at the time.

If women are working then how will a man earn his wage to support a family, as she will be doing his work for less pay, and he will be unemployed, his wife will go hungry and his children will starve, a serious consideration in 1918.

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well you know Lucy this was the time of the suffragettes women were fighting for their rights and as you already have a description of how they were viewed by men. The first world war changed all that
most of the able bodied men were fighting but the country had to still cope there was farming to do munitions to make everyday things to keep going the women stepped in doing all the jobs the men had left yes even the tough ones they kept the country going while the men were away and opened quite a few eyes and views of the men in control so big was the impact not long after the war finished
(a few years) women were indeed given the vote and in world war 2 they again proved their status as equals doing anything a man could do and played a big part in getting is through

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