... taken seriously. In 1906, Christobel Pankhurst and her colleague attended a meeting held by Sir Edward Grey, a leading Liberal. There they assaulted a policeman, were arrested and sentenced to seven days in jail or pay a fine They could have ...

... attack. Here we are told what Haig thought of the situation, "very successful attack this morning." He says this in good confidence followed by, "all went like clockwork." We know for a fact that the first day of battle was ...

... service were desperate to 'out' and leave due to the terrible conditions and the fact they were regarded as second class citizens and could not do male jobs, so when the need came for war workers, most women were happy ...

... of the people in the home front could be horrific, and uncomfortable, they laughed and made jokes, and helped each other to get by. Humour helped distract them from the suffering, grief and distress they were facing. The last sentence: ...

... did not lose support for Britain. Similarly, information like the amount of damage caused to bombing targets like railway lines were never released to the public. This was due to the fear of giving away important information to German spies. The ...

... A woman had no means to support herself and if she chose not marry she was disapproved of by society. A man was able to choose his profession not something a woman could do. Men were also the decision makers ...

... was because girls' schools were set up and organisations that run them, like Girls Day School Trust (GDST) formed in 1872, were aiming to give girls an equal education to boys. Also in 1848 the first women were allowed to ...

... a result of cutting off the major shipping ports Hitler could starve the British population into submission by cutting off the convoys supplying the country and Southampton was also bombed very heavily for the same reason. Other cities like Coventry ...

... the men who had joined the army, in munitions factories. Women were also recruited into the armed services for the first time. Women with experience in first aid, were used as nurses, those with farming experience in the countryside joined the ...

... politics during this period anyway. Antis also stressed that women could not fight in the army and they should not have the vote because they couldn't fight for their country. But just because women couldn't fight for the country doesn't ...

... govt. tackle corruption because if the voting was done in secret people could not be intimidated into voting for a particular party, as nobody would know who the voted for. Corruption was however still a large presence in the votes ...

... into shore. What made the rescue even more difficult was the fact that the Germans were carrying out a Blitzkrieg attack whilst Operation Dynamo was occurring. In this essay I will need to study all evidence given and decide whether ...

... of solders in this single photograph so this means that there were thousands and thousands being evacuated. Source f is a different matter this is a point were the solders are being attacked on the beach, as they are firing at ...

... are all smiling and look happy. We cannot fully trust this source because it may be a staged photo used by the government for propaganda. Source D is another photograph, showing that evacuees were clean and happy people, but we ...

... say that the source is biased because you can see that it shows children was calm, which was untrue they were very worried and scared. The source wanted to make people think that children were happy and also to show ...

... say that the source is biased because you can see that it shows children was calm, which was untrue they were very worried and scared. The source wanted to make people think that children were happy and also to show ...

... thing to do. The Government did manage to secure its objectives of keeping children safe and keeping the war machine going without the threat of children being killed which was a successful aspect of evacuation. Another success of evacuation ...

... during evacuation. Looking at the source we can see that the teacher is remembering how she was feeling during evacuation and also we can see that it was written a long time ago which can be untrue because it was ...

... accompanied instead by a small army of teachers. Talking to evacuees now about the events of those days in 1939 recall painful memories that have been deeply hidden for 60 years, exposing the trauma of separation and isolation and of ...

... Source A is a negative view on evacuation. It tells of how the culture shock is effecting both the children and the host families. It is written for a textbook so is a relatively reliable source. Source B contradicts source ...

... stay in. This suggests evacuation had so far been successful. The poster does however show that evacuation was not organised as well as it could have been, it would have been better if all evacuees had found a host family ...

... that existed in the country between the rich and poor. This had both positive and negative connotations. Firstly, the government took steps to make social improvements to try to lessen this gap. The government introduced things like free school meals ...

... purpose of a children's schoolbook many years after the evacuation. Therefore there is a possibility that the author may have been influenced by his sources when writing the book, or more likely to have simplified it making it suitable for ...

... children efficiently and well. The whole process of evacuation was planned before the war, from lessons the government learned at Guernica, when the German squadrons bombed it.. Because the government organised the evacuation scheme before the war, they were able ...

... to encourage parents to evacuate their children. Source D is a photo of evacuees at bath time and was issued by the government during the war. The boys all look happy and well, they are being washed and cared for, ...