Stimulus

For our piece, my partner and I want to look at women and the role that they played in the First World War. One thing that we discovered when looking at women and how they were portrayed at the time was that we see them being used as tools for the men during the war.

When we looked at these photos, we thought that women were being used as propaganda to push the men further to war. For example the "Women of Britain say - GO!" Shows women being used as encouraging and wanting the men to go and fight for them and their country. It also shows them as being weak looking out the window and needing men to protect them. Also the other one shows women needing to do work and supporting the men in the war.

We saw this as showing women as being used as tools to keep the country running and working however they still weren't in power as they didn't have the vote and men were telling them what to do while they worked.

We saw this photo as showing men that the women were pleased that they were going to war and that they were wishing them luck - keeping their moral up and in good spirits. It also shows how everyone was excited by the war and the prospect of the men fighting for their country.