12 Things You Didn't Know About Women In The First World War | Imperial War Museums. 1. Women in WWI. 2. Impact of WWI on Women. 3. Women's Employment, 1914 - 1918. 4. Women and war effort - Document Study. 5. Women in World War One - Propaganda. Professor Jo Fox considers the use of women as symbols, victims and homemakers in World War One propaganda. Women, awake! ‘Tis yours your men to sway,Bid them beware the confidence they feel.Bid them cast sloth and apathy away:The foe is brave and worthy of our steel. This appeal to the women of Britain by the Imperial Maritime League is redolent of the famous poster convincing potential recruits to enlist: while their loss is keenly felt, mothers, wives, and daughters sanction the departure of their menfolk to the battlefields of Flanders in order to defend their honour and way of life.
Propagandists exerted pressure on prospective volunteers by urging that women and children were under threat and required their protection, as the reports emanating from the occupied territories of rape, torture, and mutilation seemed to confirm. Poster 'Women of Britain say ‘Go!’ ' 'Women of Britain say - “GO! "' View images from this item (1) Mobilisation and duty National symbols Victims of violence. 6. Women in WWI - Workbook.
Sources - Spartacus Educational. 7. Women in WWI Review.