6H, Curricula, History.0:01
Exercise 3, page 119.0:05
Before World War II, the usual role for women was to stay at home and look after the children.0:30
But from 1939 to 1945, 7 million women were employed in war services and factories.0:37
The jobs were hard, physically demanding, and often dangerous.0:45
Take the Women's Land Army, for example.0:50
Women found themselves plowing fields, harvesting crops, and looking after animals for very little money.0:53
However, this was a vital job that women took pride in doing.1:00
Women also took jobs in factories making uniforms, ammunition, and even building aircraft.1:05
Even though they earned more money working in the factories, it was not any more glamorous than the farm work.1:11
For one thing, factories were usually found in large cities,, which were often bombed.1:18
Imagine having spent the night sleeping in an underground bomb shelter and then heading to work in the morning.1:24
By 1943, 1 million young women and girls, some as young as 14, had signed up to voluntary services.1:31
A small number of women even took up roles in the armed forces or worked as secret agents.1:39
It was the first time women had been so involved in every aspect of a war effort, Women had never worked harder, and though many returned to their pre-war roles after hostilities ended, things were never the same for women1:46
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