9.13 Life on the home front: the changing role of women
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- 4. Approximately 35,000 women served in the _____.
- 5. It was expected that women would return to these duties once the men returned from war.
- 6. 18500 women joined this force by the end of the war.
- 8. Before the war, Australian women were not allowed to serve in the ________.
- 10. in 1946 (2).
- 13. Some women were involved in 'male traditional roles' including signallers, truck and ambulance drivers, telegraphers, aircraft ground staff or ________ __________(2).
- 15. The number of female self-employed/
- 16. In the middle of 1943, almost 200,000 were employed in roles that supported the ______ ______ (2).
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- 1. What type of roles were most common for women in the armed forces?
- 2. Women were paid compared to men (2).
- 3. When the war came closer to Australia women were encouraged to join the _________.
- 7. The majority of working women were employed in __________, shops or family businesses.
- 9. Women were not sent _________ to fight but were trained in many positions to enable men to join the overseas forces.
- 11. The only exception of Australian women serving of shore.
- 12. There was an expectation that once women were having children they would _______ from their jobs.
- 14. About 3000 women were members (2).