Women on the Home Front in World War One. By Professor Joanna Bourke Last updated 2011-03-03. World War One opened up radical new employment opportunities to women.

Women making boots in the Royal Army Clothing Department in London. Imperial War Museum (IWM), CC BY-ND In researching my essay, A Heroine at Home: The Housewife on the First World War Home Front ...

The poster depiction of women changed dramatically as the conflict developed; from the helpless housewife sending her husband off to war, to the driving force of the Home Front.

Did World War One actually improve women's lives in Britain? At the time, many people believed that the war had helped advance women politically and economically. Thus, Mrs Millicent Fawcett ...

Far away from the frontline, many of World War One's victims were women. Wives, girlfriends, mothers and sisters of troops often found themselves in high risk jobs at munitions factories, which ...

What did women do on the home front and for the war effort during World War One? Find out in this year 5/6 primary history guide from BBC Bitesize.