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Women in WW1

Published on Jan 25, 2016

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Women in World War 1

Zack, Audrey, Seth

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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