Question

How might "War Girls" have been interpreted as threatening to the political power structures of the day?

Answer 1

Answer:

The poem featured women taking places that were occupied by men and showing that these women had no flaws or fear in those places, in addition to maintaining their previous responsibilities. This encouraged women to reject the social and political roles that were given to them, which could completely disorganize the political power that was dominated and maintained by men.

Explanation:

The poem "war Girls" was written by Jessie Pope and emphasized the courage and success of women in the labor market when men went to war. The poet shows how women did the work of men with mastery and without abandoning the domestic responsibilities that they had.

In the poem we can see the line "No longer caged and penned up" which states that women lived trapped in social and political roles that were forced on them, but now, with work, women have freed themselves and could reject those roles, since the work empowered them to face any political, social and economic reprisals. This empowerment threatened the entire political structure created, which could be seen as a problem for the political power of the time that was dominated by men.