Women in the Workforce
One of the most known effects of the first world war was the range of job openings for women. With so many husbands, brothers, and cousins off at war, millions of women replaced the males in all different types of jobs. . In Britain, the women worked in hospitals, on the land, and on transport. Some worked in clerical jobs and some in industry and engineering, building ships and military weaponry of which were in high demand. Roughly 2 million women replaced men at their jobs. The quantity of women in industry went up from 26% to 43% in Russia while 1 million women joined the workforce in Austria.
Tsar Nicholas II Abdicates
Tsar Nicholas II abdicates his throne on March 15, 1917. He realized he could not control all the revolts, riots, strikes, and demonstrations taking place due to the rising inflation, decline in work wages, and food shortages. Soon after his abdication, the duma's provisional committe formed the provisional government.
Alexander Kerensky
This man was the only socialist member of the new provisional government that was formed after the abdication of Tsar Nicholas II. He was the minister of justice. He is significant because he was the only member that remained in office after Lenin's revolution.
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk
This treaty between Russia and Germany made Russia surrender one-third of its cultivated land and population. As a result the following nations were declared independent: Finland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia, Ukraine, and Poland.