Many were killed in the battle for Madrid. There were changes in work, leisure and in attitudes towards women. Women were involved at all levels in the collectivisation of industry and land. Piece-work in the home was abandoned as women flooded into the factories. It was a time of tremendous excitement as a wave of revolutionary enthusiasm swept over the republican zone.
Revolutions bring about dramatic social changes.
Old expectations, assumptions and ways of behaving begin to be questioned. But change doesn't occur overnight. Rather, change starts with a discussion. It's though the often long and messy process of debate and disagreement that the way in which we see the world is radically altered. So, as we can see in Spain, no revolution is cut and dry.