I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a bus conductress by way of rounding off my career but the Armistice intervened! 
The end of the first world war forced many women back into old, familiar roles at home.
mnli hypothesis: The end of the first world war forced many women back into old, familiar roles at home. premise: I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a bus conductress by way of rounding off my career but the Armistice intervened! 