The explanation for this is that during the war women were engaged in 14- to 16-hour workdays, low wages, often working in conditions that were detrimental to their health and fulfilling obligations beyond what they could, just not lose the job. Besides, the woman should still take care of the household chores and the children. No protection was observed in the gestation phase of the woman, or breastfeeding
But with the end of the war the women realized their strength and began to fight for equal rights. That is why they began to form unions to ensure better working conditions.
