Oh yes; here in Britain so many men went off to fight, either volunteering or conscripted, that women went into all sorts of work that was previously the sole preserve of men. The women went into all types of factory, both "ordinary" factories and those that were producing munitions (the munitions girls were often referred to as "Canaries", because working with explosives turned their skin yellow). They also went into railway work (cleaning locomotives, etc.,) buses (acting as conductors), and many other jobs.
They were, of course(!) paid at wage rates well below those that the men got, but the fact that they could do much of the work as well as the men previously did did much to help them get the right to vote in elections some years later.
Roger.
