The role of women in the First World War is often socially invisible, neglected or, at best, taken for granted. The unfortunate tragic context of the First World War led to a significant social change in the position of women in all warring states. The most examples are from Serbia, which was under occupation. These are concrete examples of “ordinary” women – grandmothers, mothers, sisters and daughters, who did not directly participate in the war, but stayed at home to take care of children and the elderly, took care of maintaining the home and customs, and constantly worried for the lives of those who were at the front. They did not complain or whine. They preserved the hearth to which the lucky ones who survived the war could return. In particular, the topic of educated women who suffered terror was treated through several examples.