HIST 4420 Lecture 2: January 28, 2019
Document Summary
British socialist party, feminist organization and labor unions are pacifist groups: no conscription fellowship. 80% of men get dome form of exception. Approximately 10, 000 c. o. s do alternative service. Wwi the first-time conscription was used; as a man you had no choice, this is a law. About 29% of the national labor force before 1914 is female; this is split up between single and married women. No real skill involved in many jobs; Wwi changes a lot around work; it is really about the laws of men in industry. In 1915 there is this huge controversky whereit turns out that in particular rbattle british army did not hae the right kind of shells; shells controversy there were not enough workers filling shells. The government wants to do something called dilusion. It wasnts to dilute the male labor force with female workers. The trade unions in those industries particularly engineering, munitions states that they will only allow it during the work.
