What impact did War have on the 20th Century?
The war was a huge impact for women’s rights: Women played a vital part in this country’s success in World War Two The war gave women the opportunity to show what they could do. Many women decided that they would work in a factory. They worked in all manner of production ranging from making ammunition to uniforms to airplanes. The hours they worked were long and some women had to move to where the factories were. Those who moved away were paid more. Skilled women could earn £2.15 a week. To them this must have seemed a lot. But men doing the same work were paid more. In fact, it was not unknown for unskilled men to get more money that skilled female workers. This clearly was not acceptable and in 1943, women at the Rolls Royce factory in Glasgow went on strike. This was seen as being highly unpatriotic in time of war and when the female strikers went on a street demonstration in Glasgow, they were pelted with eggs and tomatoes (presumably rotten and inedible as rationing was still in)
