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... in attitudes. The only attitude which had not yet changed was giving women the vote. Even with the two women's suffrage movements in the public eye, they still failed to get the vote. Although, women's effort during the war was definitely a reason why attitudes towards them were changing. When war broke out in 1914, men had to leave their jobs and go and fight, leaving women (the suffragettes and suffragists, who stopped their campaigns) to "fill in the gap". This changed men's opinions about women, and that they weren't what they seemed. As a result it was the war effort that changed men's opinions about giving women the vote. Women were not seen as capable to fill in the jobs, but they soon proved people wrong, as they took over jobs in factories, as bus conductors, grave diggers, and road layers. They took over jobs in offices and replaced ...
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