The New Zealand Women did the same thing the American, British and Australian women did on the war front. They were nurses, surgical nurses, worked in the Red Cross, did clerical duties for the military and anything else that needed doing. Many of those Nurses from all the Allied Nations formed lifelong bonds and some came to see each other in their homelands after the War. As the Brits say, Hip, hip hurray for the New Zealand Women.
Women did.
New Zealand in 1893 is often said to be the first country in the world to give women the right to vote.
How and why did the role of women change after ww1 ?
As she was chosen out of many others for her outstandind achievements as the leader and main figurehead of the suffragist movement in New Zealand. She made an amazing change to the world today!
New Zealand had 154,549 men and women under arms (excluding the Home Guard) and by the war's end a total of 194,000 men and 10,000 women had served in the armed forces at home and overseas. The costs for the country were high - 11,625 killed, a ratio of 6684 dead per million in the population which was the highest rate in the Commonwealth .
In World War I, as men left their jobs to fight overseas, women had know chose but to replace them.
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By working in factories and sending food and clothing to soldiers overseas.
Married or unmarried, the women played the role of the men while they were at war. As well as that, the acted the role of nurse and RADAR operators overseas.
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New Zealand didn't do anything in WW2.
Women did.
World War 2 because it changed NZ work as women were brought into paid work such as farming,factory work and shop keeping.Women also formed commities to support the men overseas,by making blankets providing extra food,tobacco,etc.Before this women were rarely paid and mostly stayed at home looking after children and doing daily chores such as washing and cooking.After the return of soldiers men returned to their old occupations but many women stayed in paid work.Also there were alot more men who served overseas than in WWI.Women also served overseas as nurses.
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because it was the first place in the world to allow women to vote.
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New Zealand gave women the vote as early as 1893. New Zealand has a successful Rugby Union team which won the sport's World Cup in 1987.