... such jobs as munitions factory workers, bus conductors and any other jobs that men had left vacant after going of to war. During the war women worked in all kinds of jobs that men had done before the war and did courses to improve their engineering skills. At some of these jobs women were better than men because these jobs were more demanding and better paid than jobs such as domestic service and because women wanted to work hard to impress the government and men they were working with. On the other hand women had held factory jobs before the war but men hadn't taken so much notice of them then and they were paid very low wages compared to men. Also these jobs did not become available until 1916 when conscription was introduced. Also not all men were conscripted in 1916 because some men had jobs that were seen ...

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