Women in World War 1

women in factories

• women were brave enough to work in factories
• they made weapons such as bombs, ammunition, and poison gas
• Around 400 women died from overexposure to TNT

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women in the marines/navy!

• women in world war 1 served in the marines.
• but some were not even fighting.
• instead, they made more supplies.
• bombs, ammunition, poison gas, and more weapons for the men in war.

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women as nurses!

• women also served as nurses in the war.
• they provided proper medicine to care for the wounded.
• women provided medicine for the ones with diseases like the spanish influenza.

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temporary men

• women worked the mens jobs when they left for war
• women made lower wages for doing the same work men did
• women risked their lives working with poisonous substances

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During the war

• war one was from 1914-1918
• women worked the mens jobs all 4 years
• The women's work was urgent in 1914
• In 1917 women produced 80% of the weapons
• women empolyment increased in ww1

work & wadges

• women went on strike in 1918
• they wanted the same pay as men

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