Women's Outlook on War in Britain

In August 1914, Lord Warner, the secretary of war, thought that the conflict was long and difficult, and proposed a revolutionary plan to millions of volunteer new troops. Small professional strength. His own harsh face appears on the first poster to recruit new people in the slogan "Your kindness and country needs you." Until the 1916 draft corps, young people received ruthless social pressure including formal and informal joining the military.

In the first months of the First World War, among the UK chaitic followers, the women trade union poet Dorothea Hollins proposed 1,000 unarmed "Women Peace Exploration Corps" Europe I crossed my teeth. Intervention between guns and fighting power in war. The magnificent plan of Hollin was not realized, but it did not show up in a vacuum, which was brought up by a century-long activity mainly based on maternal love. Or, as a peace activist Helena Swanwick wrote, people are worried that women will die and kids will die during the war, but their glory is not theirs. I can not describe fear and shame. "

Not all women adopted a patriotic view or abandoned the pre-war feminist internationalism. Even in the confusion of August 1914, the fear of the continuation of the war seems to be clear for the group of women: the people on the left; feminists where pacifism or anti-militarism is essential for their faith. And people who simply can not approve to send to fight their beloved son, husband, lover, brother and friend. The presence of women's anti-war movement is very important, because in the early stages of war optimism it requires a lot of courage to confront general patriotism generated by almost all agencies, especially militant government Because it was. . In addition, a few women gave a tragic opportunity to show the world that it is essential for women to see the outbreak of war and empower women. They insist that the world that listens to their voice will not be the world filled with war.

When the British fought like World War I, the work previously forbidden was open to women. The woman was called to the factory to build weapons used on the battlefield. Women are responsible for managing their homes and become family heroines. Carruthers believes that such industrial employment of women has significantly increased female self-esteem. During the wartime, the normative role of women's "family wife" turned into a patriotic duty. As Carruthers said, the housewife became a heroine of Hitler's failure. The shift from a woman's family to a dangerous job by a man of labor force has brought about a major change in the structure and society of the workplace. During the Second World War, society had a special ideal for women and men to work.