A) The high levels of unemployment as well as food
and housing shortages forced women into the
already overcrowded field
of domestic service.
B) The Women's Federation of Quebec demanded a
public enquiry into the status of women, equal
pay for equal work
and a network of children's daycare facilities for working
mothers.
C) The women worked side by side with the men.
It became common to see women operating
riveting hammers in shipyards,
welding in aeroplane factories or driving trucks and buses.
D) From a very early age women were conditioned
for the only role they could play, that of wife and
mother at the service
of husband and children.
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
2. WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING MEASURES WERE SPECIFICALLY AIMED AT
WOMEN DURING WORLD WAR 11?
1. Work in the war plantsA) 1 and 2 C) 2 and 3
2. Recycling of materials necessary to manufacture military equipment
3. Compulsory enlistment in the army
4. Sale of Victory Bonds
5. Sending of troops overseas
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
3. WHICH TWO OF THE FOLLOWING CHANGES ILLUSTRATE THE EVOLUTION OF
THE
STATUS OF WOMEN IN QUEBEC
DURING WORLD WAR 11 (1939 -1945)?
1. Easier access to universities
2. Salaries equal to those of men
3. Legal rights equal to those of men
4. Increased number of women in the workforce
5. Right to vote in Quebec provincial elections
A) 1 and
3
C) 2 and 5
B) 1 and
4
D) 4 and 5
| ANSWER: | A | B | C | D |
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Conscription Crisis