Before the war women had been campaigning for the vote. These suffragettes used often-violent tactics to draw attention to their cause. They smashed windows, chained themselves to railings and set fire to empty buildings. One, Emily Davis, killed herself at the Derby by throwing herself at the racehorses. Once the war began the campaign stopped. During the war the number of working women grew by 1 million. Many of these jobs had been thought of as men only occupations. Over 120,000 women trained to be nurses and from 1917 women were allowed to join the army and serve in non-combat roles.<\/p>\n
750,000 women worked in munitions factories<\/p>\n
Women became firefighters, plumbers, carpenters and electricians, some even served as police officers.<\/p>\n
\u201cShells made by a wife may save her husband\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u00a0First World War Homepage<\/a> The Changing role of women Before the war women had been campaigning for the vote. These suffragettes used often-violent tactics to draw attention to their cause. They smashed windows, chained themselves to railings and set fire to empty buildings. One, Emily Davis, killed herself at the Derby by throwing herself at the racehorses. Once the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":144,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":100,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-855","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
\nCauses of the First World War<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Assassination of Franz Ferdinand<\/a>
\nSchlieffen Plan<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Public Reaction to the Outbreak of War<\/a>
\nBritish Expeditionary Force –\u00a0<\/a> Interactive Timeline of the First World War<\/a>
\nSimulation: Life in the Trenches<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Statistics<\/a>
\nChanging role of Women<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0War Poetry<\/a>
\nBritish Contribution to Western Front<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Development of New Weapons<\/a>
\nCreeping Barrage<\/a>\u00a0–\u00a0Western Front in 1918<\/a> –
\nHome Front in the First World War<\/a>
\nTimeline Infographic: Causes of World War One<\/a> – Ludendorff and the Spring Offensive<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"