WW1 Facts.
How women dressed before WW1.
How women dressed during WW1
How women dressed after WW1.
The way women dressed changed dramatically during WW1 as they had other responsibilities like going to work, so instead of wearing fancy clothes they had to wear their work clothes.
There were large rises of women joining the work force during WW1, as they had to fill in for the men that had to go to war.
This is a graph of women who joined the land army in 1917 to 1918 during WW1.
This is a graph of women who joined the land army in 1917 to 1918 during WW1.
It is estimated that 1,650,000 women joined the workforce during the course of their jobs were:
- 200,000 women took up jobs in governmental departments.
- 500,000 took up clerical positions in private offices.
- 250,000 worked on in agricultural positions.
- 700,000 women took up posts in the munitions industry, which was dangerous work.