Did The First World War Change The Lives Of London Women? — londonist.com

During World War One, for the first time in British history, women of all social classes took on paid work — whether it was from financial necessity or social pressures. Women filled traditionally male roles in factories, as munitions workers, and as conductors and ticket inspectors on public transport. And it’s no coincidence that the 1918 Representation Act allowed some women to vote for the first time or that various laws were passed in the 1920s to protect women’s rights, which amounts to the first real legal recognition of women’s contribution to society.

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