Women were not allowed to fight as soldiers in World War One. So they found other ways to ... for unskilled work but up to 48 shillings for jobs with specific skills like shorthand or typing.

When a generation of men were sent off to war, the women left at home stepped, quite literally, into their trousers. During the First World War an ... couldn’t do the jobs Britain needed them ...

1 With the onset of World War I, women took on these same roles and newer ones ... although they were more likely to be serving as nurses with the military or replacing men in their jobs on the home ...

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 ...

During World War One, women volunteered for essential work in ... Each was interviewed, and required to choose from a range of jobs, although it was emphasised that women would not be required ...