Paper 1: Section B.
First World War.

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Example 1.

Source A.

 

Photograph of women in a munitions factory.

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Source B

Women became independent. Women munitions workers paid for their rounds of drinks at the pub. Fashion changed. Never again did skirts sweep the ground. The petticoat disappeared, though not for good. A few women cut their hair.

From English History 1914-45 (1965) by A.J.P.Taylor



Compare Sources A and B about the effects that the war had on the position of women.
(6 marks)