History A-Level
Wartime mobilisation
What Wartime mobilisation means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Wartime mobilisation
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The National Service Act 1941 directed women into war work, changing attitudes to women’s employment while often being temporary, as many were dismissed or redirected after 1945.
Topics that use Wartime mobilisation
- Paper 3, Option 39.2: Mass media and social change in Britain, 1882–2004 - 1 Changing patterns of women’s lives within the family and in the world of work (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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- Changing gender roles and workplace participation
- Economic independence and taxation
- Equal pay legislation
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- Women’s employment patterns
- Legal rights and property ownership
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