The First World War was a shock to the world and took a toll on everyone involved. The war changed the lives of men and women everywhere. As men and young boys were risking their lives to serve their country, women were hard at work back home. Although this did not mean that their role was any less significant than those who were fighting in the war. Women suffered a great deal of suffrage such as issues dealing with the workplace, their role in the home front, and their political rights. WWI was an iconic period for women and their progression to equality and power.
In WWI, after men left to fight in the war, women were left to take on the jobs of the soldiers who left. Many women were employed in jobs that were traditionally known as “men’s work”, yet they were not paid as much. The majority of women acquired jobs working in munitions factories. This was the preparation of military weapons that were used in the war. Many women had ‘canaries’ due to the exposure of chemicals, such as sulphur, in the harsh environments of the factories. This was a yellow tinge that many women…show more content… Suffrage equated to women’s rights concerning voting in political events. The women’s suffrage movement began many decades prior to WWI as there was always discriminatory views towards women and certain political and human rights. People involved in suffrage campaigns were typically white, middle-class women that mainly focused on local voting rights. From 1900 to 1940, some women had gained the right to vote in school and library elections, to gaining the Provincial vote. Although, many women of colour, such as Asian and Native Canadian women, were denied the right until later on. The women’s suffrage movement not only prioritized voting rights, but the discrimination, wages, and domestic abuse for Canadian women. The women’s suffrage movement was essential to the advances of political rights for
