Britain first to conscript women on large scale – true

In March 1941 more than 1.2 million women · between the ages of 20 and 24 were registered for · war work. Unemployed women and those not · normally in the labor force were made available · to war industries and the Auxiliary Territorial · Service · Early in 1942 the British began the ·

It was always clear, however, that this time volunteering was not going to meet the demands of wartime production, and in 1940, a secret report by Sir William Beveridge demonstrated that the conscription of women, as well as of men, was unavoidable. ...it was emphasised that women would not be required to bear arms. From spring 1941, every woman in Britain aged 18-60 had to be registered, and their family occupations were recorded.

With the second world war raging, women were conscripted into work of national importance, exploding the myth that they weren’t up to it. Yet they were still expected to go on running the home

Doch ausgerechnet am Great Reform Act von 1832, der die Wahlkreise neu ordnet und den Kreis der Stimmbürger erweitert, lässt sich ablesen, dass das Frauenwahlrecht denkbar geworden ist: Es wird erstmals ausdrücklich ausgeschlossen.

Frauen besaßen vor 1914 bis auf Finnland (1906) und Norwegen (1913) keine Möglichkeit zu wählen. Aber auch Frauen strebten nach der Macht, über sich selbst zu bestimmen. In Großbritannien trugen Suffragetten ihren Protest auf die Straße.

Dezember 1918 nehmen erstmals auch Frauen ihr hart erkämpftes Stimmrecht wahr. Das Frauenwahlrecht ist ein Erfolg der Woman’s Social and Political Union, die sich 1903 um Emmeline Pankhurst gebildet hatte.

The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), headed by Controller Alexandra Chalmers Watson, is formed in response to the manpower crisis. The first women arrive to carry out support duties in France and Belgium on 31 March 1917.

Women in World War I were mobilized in unprecedented numbers on all sides. The vast majority of these women were drafted into the civilian work force to replace conscripted men or to work in greatly expanded munitions factories.

In the United Kingdom, military conscription has existed for two periods in modern times. The first was from 1916 to 1920, and the second from 1939 to 1960. The last conscription term ended in 1963 although many soldiers chose to continue in the service beyond 1963.

Historically, men have been subjected to conscription in the most cases, and only in the late 20th century did this begin to change, though most countries still require only men to serve in the military. The integration of women into militaries, and especially into combat forces, did not begin on a large scale ...

The First World War brought many changes in the lives of British women. It is often represented as having had a wholly positive impact, opening up new opportunities in the world of work and strengthening their case for the right to vote. The reality is more complex.

Women’s work would be vital to the British war effort in World War Two, so much so that it soon became compulsory (women had to do it by law). Early in 1941, Ernest Bevin, the Government Minister for Labour, declared that, 'one million wives' were 'wanted for war work'. Later that year, in December 1941, women began to be conscripted for war work, when Parliament passed the National Service Act.