"What Effect Did the 1914-18 War Have Upon the Role and Status of Women?"

In the years before 1914 there were many problems for women with their oppression, lack of respect and general mis-treatment by males. There were three different classes, working, middle and upper classes.
Working classes were the lowest and they would work in factories,
mines and farms, the middle class were much richer, they would be the
owners of the factories and the large farms out in the rural areas
whereas the upper class were the gentry, often friends or even related
to the royal family. Women had trouble getting recognition in all the three classes.
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