9.13 Life on the home front: the changing role of women

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