Women Produced Weapons of War During The First World War
The history of the munitionettes and how they risked their lives, based on a call to service.
During the time that many men had been enlisted to partake in the first world war as soldiers and were fighting on the battlefields, the opportunity arose for women to get involved in the war preparation processes.
Due to a shortage of shells and some other war materials, the British government decided to introduce new initiatives that would boost production. One of the initiatives was that women should also be involved and enroll in war service work.
Following this new plan, many women volunteered and were employed in several munitions factories to help with the production and distribution of war weapons.
Amongst these women were teenagers, wives, mothers and also grandmothers, who opted to join others that were already working in the factories. These women who were not typical factory workers, found themselves taking over the jobs of men who had relocated to the war fronts.
Due to their participation in the creation of war weapons, the women were called “the munitionettes”.
The munitionettes were mostly British women that were employed in munitions factories when the…
