The Home Front
(Economic)
What is it?
The Home Front idea was a great social leveller and acted as a stimulus to start social reform after WWI. The Home Front increased opportunities for women. However these opportunities and advantages were only for a short time. Nearly five million women were working in industry and commerce. When the men come back from the war many of these women would lose their jobs. Some good opportunities the Home Front offered was that many female workers exchanged their pre-war poorly paid jobs as domestic servants or in textile mills for better-paid jobs as part of the war effort. The jobs at the Home Front focused on maintaining the progress that was happening before the war. Since the majority of the workforce was made up of men, when the war started businesses lost most of their employees due to the men going into the war. So women were granted with the opportunity to earn a living for themselves and their family.
Why is it important?
The Home Front was important because when all of the men went off into war there were jobs at home that still needed to be done. Businesses needed to keep up their progress in the economy so they hired women who were at home during the time of war. This is important because the women needed money to live so this is the first time for most of the women to start earning a living for themselves. These new jobs for women are also important because in history women were not given jobs over men and during the time of war was the first time when women were working the same jobs as men.
Is this progress?
Progress in history is shown in the Home Front. While the men were away in the war fighting for their country there were still businesses at home that needed work to be done. If this work was not done then the businesses and society could fall behind economically and appear as a weak country to other nations. So when the women stepped up and took the jobs of men this showed progress because the women were willing to work to benefit the economy. This also shows progress because before the war women were not given jobs as easily. So when all the men were called off to war all the country had left was women. So women did the same jobs as men and got paid to earn a living while their husbands were at war. Women having jobs is a progress in history.
Leading to...
When the men were at war and the women were at home working the same jobs that men used to do this helped lead to the next era in history called the 1920's. During the 1920's women started to become more rebellions about the old ways and started doing things that were in style and fashionable. Just like how the women on the Home Front started working for their first time this must have sparked an idea that they can do many things that were shunned upon at that time. Women in the 1920's started wearing "short" skirts that were above their ankles and cut their hair short. There were also flappers during the 1920's too. So the new independence of women that was started during WWI might have started and independence that was going to be continued for many years later in history.
The Home Front idea was a great social leveller and acted as a stimulus to start social reform after WWI. The Home Front increased opportunities for women. However these opportunities and advantages were only for a short time. Nearly five million women were working in industry and commerce. When the men come back from the war many of these women would lose their jobs. Some good opportunities the Home Front offered was that many female workers exchanged their pre-war poorly paid jobs as domestic servants or in textile mills for better-paid jobs as part of the war effort. The jobs at the Home Front focused on maintaining the progress that was happening before the war. Since the majority of the workforce was made up of men, when the war started businesses lost most of their employees due to the men going into the war. So women were granted with the opportunity to earn a living for themselves and their family.
Why is it important?
The Home Front was important because when all of the men went off into war there were jobs at home that still needed to be done. Businesses needed to keep up their progress in the economy so they hired women who were at home during the time of war. This is important because the women needed money to live so this is the first time for most of the women to start earning a living for themselves. These new jobs for women are also important because in history women were not given jobs over men and during the time of war was the first time when women were working the same jobs as men.
Is this progress?
Progress in history is shown in the Home Front. While the men were away in the war fighting for their country there were still businesses at home that needed work to be done. If this work was not done then the businesses and society could fall behind economically and appear as a weak country to other nations. So when the women stepped up and took the jobs of men this showed progress because the women were willing to work to benefit the economy. This also shows progress because before the war women were not given jobs as easily. So when all the men were called off to war all the country had left was women. So women did the same jobs as men and got paid to earn a living while their husbands were at war. Women having jobs is a progress in history.
Leading to...
When the men were at war and the women were at home working the same jobs that men used to do this helped lead to the next era in history called the 1920's. During the 1920's women started to become more rebellions about the old ways and started doing things that were in style and fashionable. Just like how the women on the Home Front started working for their first time this must have sparked an idea that they can do many things that were shunned upon at that time. Women in the 1920's started wearing "short" skirts that were above their ankles and cut their hair short. There were also flappers during the 1920's too. So the new independence of women that was started during WWI might have started and independence that was going to be continued for many years later in history.