He also argues that granting women the vote solely for their efforts in WW1 is too simplistic as they were detached from wartime employment instantly when the war ended. Pugh also noted that attitudes within society in the 1920s still remained grounded that "a women's place is in the home".9 His analysis is evident when looking at the hospital workforce after WW1, as during the war, they were accepting female medical students, however when the war ended women were rejected on the grounds of modesty. To say women got the vote exclusively for their efforts during the war is naive as the majority of women who were granted the vote were respectable women over the age of 30, therefore the evidence favours the revisionist theory as the younger munitions workers who dedicated themselves to the war effort were not granted the vote after the war as a reward.10 Other countries, such as France did not grant their female population the vote after the war as a reward for their efforts, Paula Bartley argues that this was due to their not being a pre-war suffrage campaign in France.11 Therefore in considering the previous evidence, it could be argued that the war hindered the enfranchisement of women. As before the war the cabinet was increasingly becoming more pro-suffrage, the liberals were about to introduce reforms, however suffrage was then dismissed due to the outbreak of war, the suffrage campaigners also halted their campaign and focused on winning the war abroad, rather than at home. Therefore to say the vote was a reward for women's participation in WW1 would be ignorant as it is evidently not the only significant factor as argued by Martin Pugh. A suffrage campaign was also necessary prior to the war to put pressure on the government and make way for democracy.12 .
As argued by Martin Pugh pre-war campaigns played a significant role in gaining women the vote in 1918. Therefore it is important to consider the (NUWSS) suffragist campaign formed in 1897 by various women's suffrage societies under the leadership of Millicent Fawcett.
