Women and the war effort in Britain, 1914-19181. The two sources, D and G, show many differences. Source D was written by a man many years later than the period we are talking about. This is not first-hand evidence. He may have gathered his information from accounts written at the time, but he could have changed it to fit the angle he is writing from. Furthermore, he was a historian who wrote accounts of historical events abroad and was therefore not a specialist in women's rights, which meant that his work on this topic would have been brief and perhaps even superficial. I think that because Pope was writing about the war long after it had happened, he would have been able to tell a much more truthful story, provided he had reliable sources, as the government would not have limited the content of his book. Source G however is taken directly from a journal written in 1915 and is therefore first hand evidence. It could therefore be considered more reliable than source D. The content of this magazine would also be carefully monitored and the author would only be allowed to talk about certain topics specified by the government as this information would be published in a magazine that would be read by large part of the British population. Source D explains how men's attitudes towards female workers were usually hostile and unwelcoming. We can understand why, as in the passage, we are told that this made men more "vulnerable to conscription" and so many men who did not want to leave their families and go to fight took this position. Source G tells us how the position of women in the workplace has changed and how these modern women are now accepted. She says women are just like men and can do jobs that were once done by men in times of crisis. Here source G is trying not to show the attitude of some men towards women, but by saying that they are comrades and thus hoping to show the rest of the nation that