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Description: | At the start of World War Two, thousands of women volunteered for essential work in order to release men to go into the armed forces. By 1940 however it was clear that larger numbers would be needed. In December 1941, the National Service Act (no 2) made the conscription of women legal. At first, only single women aged 20-30 were called up, but by mid-1943, almost 90 per cent of single women and 80 per cent of married women were employed in essential work for the war effort. Gas and tar were essential during the war and women took over many of the heavy jobs previously done by men. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.asaplive.com/Lco/Lco.cfm?ccs=629&cs=2674&Preview=1 | Publisher: | Gateshead Council | Rights holder: | Gateshead Council | Subjects: | Gas industry | Temporal: | name=1940s; start=1940; end=1949; | Source: | iSee Gateshead | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://isee.gateshead.gov.uk/detail.php?... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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