... population by succeeding at both heavy work and skilled jobs such as engineering. Above all, it was women's contribution in the munitions industry that stood out in peoples mind. If women had not done all these things, the men at the front would not have got the necessary supplies. "The work women are doing is not of the repetitious type, demanding little or no manipulative ability...it taxes the intelligence of the operatives to a high degree. Yet the work turned out has reached a high pitch of excellence." Taken from the trade journal, "The Engineer", August 20th 1915 Secondly, many men's minds were changed when the women's movement backed the national effort out of patriotism. In 1915 Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst organized the War demonstration in the heart of the City of London, in which women demanded the right to work for the country. Men were impressed. Above is a picture of that ...

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