... domestic service." This shows that some women have gained confidence by this point by working in munitions, and feel they are above domestic service. This source also shows how men's attitude doesn't change, as the government refused to pay unemployment benefit to women refusing to work in domestic service. This is, however, contradicted by Source D, which gives evidence of a change in attitude, talking about the "old myth that a woman's sphere is in the home", suggesting that this was no longer the commonly held belief. This source is just informing us of the situation in Liverpool, however, and not the rest of Britain. Source B does support the idea that the war was a turning point for women, highlighting the "new incarnations" of women. However, it does this in a patronising tone, as if doubting that the women will hold this role. Source H agrees with sources C and ...

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