Women In The Home Front

1. Women In The Home Front We can do it Girl power

2. What The Women’s Jobs Were They worked at factories where the men would normally work. They worked in shipyards, they worked on farms too. Only 1 third of the female population was employed during the war the other 2 thirds of the population found a way to assist the war. They found employment in the civil service. They got supplies for the people at war such as food, clothes, and ammunition. Some were even soldiers and some were pilots some made the guns and weapons and some made the air craft.

3. Farm Girls The women who worked on the farm took care of their husbands farms and their cattle and their crops. The animals they took care of mostly were pigs , chicken , hens, roosters etc.

4. Where Did They work??

5. They worked at Most women during the war worked at the factories where the men used to work. Some also volunteered at the Red Cross and Office Of Civilian Defense providing recreation to them in canteens and selling war bonds. Another place women found employment was at the Civil Service either teaching or working with medicine. Since some were pilots and some were soldiers they worked at war bases too.

6. How long did they work and how much money did they make?

7. How Long They Worked and How Much They Made When women worked their wage wavered between a dollar to three dollars in a week, depending on what job they had. They worked long hours everyday. Some thought it was not fair but others thought it was fair.

8. How did they help the soldiers at war? They made the weapons and air craft The also went to war

9. How did it effect them when the men came home? When the men came back most of the women lost their jobs and became housewives again. The women that were looking after the farms and animals while the men were at war had to give the farm job back to the men, but some still helped.

10. Made and edited by: Kristina Miller, Jenna Lees, Alyssa Watsko and Bailey Bonney Thank you for watching our presentation.