Changing Role of Women
-Before the war, women were expected to stay at home, cook, clean and look after the house
-While men were out at war, woman took over the major industries
-American women were given the right to vote (suffrage) in 1919
-Temperance movements succeed in getting prohibition
-While men were out at war, woman took over the major industries
-American women were given the right to vote (suffrage) in 1919
-Temperance movements succeed in getting prohibition
Summary: As the war was in full swing and more and more men were sent overseas to fight in the war, women took over the home front. Women changed their roles from house wives, to working labourers in major industries.