Impact Of The Second World War On Women 's Position

It is clear that there is a disputed debate about the role of women in the Second World War. Therefore undeniably this historiography of the impact of the Second World War on women is considered as one of the major changes over time, in relation of methodology, theoretical viewpoints and interpretations of this subject. During the early 1950s-1960s, sociologists and social historians were increasingly interested in the Second World War and its effect on social change. As stated before historians, were mostly concerned with the military and political aspects of the world and were really blind side disregarding the social aspects of war. A range of scholars such as Richard Titmuss, Arthur Marwick, Alva Myrdal and Viola Klein concentrated on women and war, and the benefits the war had on women in terms of liberating them. Richard Titmuss was one of the first Historians to examine the impact of the Second World War on women. He proposed that with the new profound reliance on women in the Second World War, in which the men were out on the home fronts fighting in the war, whereas its the woman who were left ultimately to hold Britain together. This reliance came with a new sense of inspiration and the development of social policies, which eventually heightened women’s standings as wives and mothers and also helped to reduce discrimination against women. Also Titmuss