Churchill’s statement of a “universal desire among all ranks” shows an interesting insight into the appetite within the forces to grant women serving in the Royal Regiment of Artillery an equal status to men in the same roles. These minutes directly portray the attitudes of the prime minister and thus the government, making them crucial to the exploration of the political views of 1941. State papers are the principal source of political history, according to Jane Cox. Thus, these will be discussed but this blog contends Churchill’s minutes provide a unique angle into the slowly shifting attitudes of the 1940s.Ĭhurchill shown in 1643 with his daughter Mary Soames. These minutes are limited in their usefulness to historians due to fragmentation, the effects of Churchills’ personal background and whether they represent personal views or government agenda. They show a very gradual shift towards allowing women into the masculine sphere and the beginning of changes to conceptions of women’s traditional gender roles, even though legal equality was not achieved. Analysing his personal minutes reveals how informal attitudes enriched the legislation produced during and shortly after the war. Churchill placed great emphasis on the “immense importance of having a large number of women” in crucial wartime roles, such as positions in batteries and artilleries. The minutes of the Prime Minister Winston Churchill to his secretary of state for war show the importance of women’s war effort in changing attitudes towards women. In this blog, written last year for the second- year Introduction to Historical Research module, second-year UoP student Jaina Hunt wrote about how minutes of government discussions reveal changing attitudes to women’s war work.ĭuring the twentieth century, minutes were created and absorbed by the system of government, making them an important part of the political machinery of Britain. “Don’t worry, you won’t see me there bothering you and the First Lady.By Fiona McCall on Decemin Learning in Focus Winston Churchill bothering Mrs Roosevelt.” Referring to the story, Mr Sunak said: “Wandering around at three in the morning. Mr Sunak is staying at Blair House, which the US government started using as official diplomatic housing after Churchill reportedly once tried to enter President Franklin D Roosevelt’s White House private quarters at 3am, only to be stopped by Eleanor Roosevelt. Allied wartime leaders including Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt meet in Casablanca (Archive/PA) Speaking in the Oval Office, Mr Biden told the Prime Minister “there’s an awful lot of stories that are told” about the UK wartime leader’s visits to the White House. Joe Biden referenced Winston Churchill’s visit to the White House as he held talks with the Prime Minister in the White House. The Prime Minister said it was a privilege to stay in Blair House, adding that “the spare room in the flat in Number 10 Downing Street doesn’t quite compare”. Rishi Sunak joked that he would not be “bothering” the US president during his stay in the president’s guest house as Winston Churchill was said to have done.
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