EPISODE · Sep 13, 2026 · 16 MIN

Women on Britain’s Home Front: WWI’s Quiet Revolution

from The Proper British History Podcast: Kings, Queens, Wars, Empire, Politics, Revolutions, Royalty and the Historical Great Britain · host Podily

During the First World War Britain’s women left homes, farms and factories to fill roles once reserved for men – in munitions plants, on railways, as farm labourers and nurses. Their work, fraught with danger, low pay and social change, paved the way for postwar suffrage, wage reform and a new perception of gendered labour. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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