would release suffragettes imprisoned in British jails and granted the amnesty that would allow Christabel Pankhurst, Mrs. Pankhurst's daughter, to return from Paris, where she had been evading arrest." (Gullace. Pg 119) This opened the doors and allowed the change to take place. Before this, women had been fighting against the government, as opposed to after the truce, where they had been fighting with them.
By acting supportively and sympathetically to the needs of the country in such ways as working as nurses, ambulance drivers, and factory workers in munitions factories, women became indispensable contributors. Additionally, through shaming acts such as giving a white feather to a man who had refused to fight for his country, essentially labeling him a coward, women were able to influence and inspire men to go to war through means of social humiliation and embarrassment. Appropriately, through this form of propaganda, women gained power and an increasing role in influencing the citizens of the United Kingdom. Gullace states that since the government recognized and accepted the power women were gaining, and yielded that power to them, women eventually evolved into, became, and were recognized as essential role players in Great Britain's conflict against the Triple alliance.
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