[jada897]

Hey im doing an EPQ on the changing role and status of women in Britain since 1900 up until now . Thinking of including suffragettes, Thatcher, impact of WW1 and any other suggestions

Anyone know any good sources or any other ideas of what to include? Anyone else doing history EPQ?

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[Taimmi]

Do you still need advice? I've just completed an AS module on The Changing Position of Women and the Suffrage Question and so I can help if you would like!

[jada897]

(Original post by Taimmi)
Do you still need advice? I've just completed an AS module on The Changing Position of Women and the Suffrage Question and so I can help if you would like!

Ooh that would really help, I decide for my epq im gonna do 1900 - 45 women so i can go in to more depth

[Taimmi]

Cool cool, it's actually a really interesting period! Is there anything in particular which you would like to know?

[jada897]

(Original post by Taimmi)
Cool cool, it's actually a really interesting period! Is there anything in particular which you would like to know?

Umm well i was thinking of breaking my essay in to:

1. women in 1900 / legacy of victorian period
2.women in ww1
3 . women in ww2

what do you think ?

[Taimmi]

I'm not too hot on women in the Second World War but the Great War and the 19th century featured heavily in my module. It might be worth buying the Edexcel textbook for 'The Chaning Role of Women and the Suffrage Question' I think it's called. It should help you.

Basically in the 19th Century (Victorian times) men and women were thought of as basically two completely different creatures. They occupied different 'spheres' or roles in society. You can probably guess what they are. Women were expected to be in the domestic sphere, involving looking after the household and being a good wife and mother. Men occupied a sphere containing things such as work and politics. Furthermore, women were seen as the 'angel of the house' - this idea basically means a wife that supports her husband in any way she can, never thinking of herself and providing a sanctuary in the home from the stress of working. However, the roles of women in the working and middle/upper classes was very different. Poorer women would often have to go to work to supplement the family income, although richer women would never even dream of working at that period in time. However, towards 1900 that all started to change. I won't detail everything that caused these changes as it would take me forever and you will find it in the textbook I mentioned previously. So yeah. Women's lives changed in the years leading up to 1900.

Another significant event in the lives of women was the First World War. The vast majority of men travelled abroad to fight, which meant that their jobs often had to be taken over by women. In addition, middle and upper class women participated in charity fundraising for the war effort and the working classes would take over previously male-dominated roles such as driving buses or even becoming mechanics. They did all this and after the war ended, the returning men expected to be able to go back to their jobs and continue as normal. However, the women who had done this for four years and had basically kept the country going during the war were not hapy with this prospect.

[jada897]

(Original post by Taimmi)
I'm not too hot on women in the Second World War but the Great War and the 19th century featured heavily in my module. It might be worth buying the Edexcel textbook for 'The Chaning Role of Women and the Suffrage Question' I think it's called. It should help you.

Basically in the 19th Century (Victorian times) men and women were thought of as basically two completely different creatures. They occupied different 'spheres' or roles in society. You can probably guess what they are. Women were expected to be in the domestic sphere, involving looking after the household and being a good wife and mother. Men occupied a sphere containing things such as work and politics. Furthermore, women were seen as the 'angel of the house' - this idea basically means a wife that supports her husband in any way she can, never thinking of herself and providing a sanctuary in the home from the stress of working. However, the roles of women in the working and middle/upper classes was very different. Poorer women would often have to go to work to supplement the family income, although richer women would never even dream of working at that period in time. However, towards 1900 that all started to change. I won't detail everything that caused these changes as it would take me forever and you will find it in the textbook I mentioned previously. So yeah. Women's lives changed in the years leading up to 1900.

Another significant event in the lives of women was the First World War. The vast majority of men travelled abroad to fight, which meant that their jobs often had to be taken over by women. In addition, middle and upper class women participated in charity fundraising for the war effort and the working classes would take over previously male-dominated roles such as driving buses or even becoming mechanics. They did all this and after the war ended, the returning men expected to be able to go back to their jobs and continue as normal. However, the women who had done this for four years and had basically kept the country going during the war were not hapy with this prospect.

Brilliant thanks that gives me some good ideas for research