Many married women were forced into the workplace by the death of their husbands. Other women were drafted into industries that had been depleted by military conscription. Over the course of the war: 200,000 women took up jobs in governmental departments. 500,000 took up clerical positions in private offices. 250,000 worked on in agricultural positions. 700,000 women took up posts in the munitions industry, which was dangerous work.
