How did the role of women during world war i affect the suffragist movement? many women refused to contribute to the war effort unless they were given the right to vote. women served as nurses and ambulance drivers during the war, convincing people to support their right to vote. women did not fight in the war, which turned the public against the suffragist movement. women took factory jobs in the us during the war, but their work did not impact the suffragist movement.