Women's Contribution To World War One

Women Before, During and After World War One 1. Pre war women did have working opportunities though very little compared to men, as they were seen as weaker and that their place was in the "home". Their employment was limited to the domestic service (cleaning or working as a servant) and secretarial work and not manual labour in factories or working class women often worked in the textiles industry.

A Canadian woman plays an important role and contributions on the home front during the war years. They supported our country’s war efforts not only in traditional roles, but also in unprecedented new ways. Women in this era are said to be the toughest one, they endure all pains and suffering just to be heard and express their thoughts. During World War 1, women roll up their sleeves and took a wide variety of civilian job that once is filled by men. Canada’s contributions during the war years would have been very different if it were not for the vital roles women played on the home front. All of this effort, pains and sufferings of the

In the years after the Second World War, people created uncountable numbers of historiographical research on various topics related to the war, such as military tactics in battles, individual groups of men during their time in service, and other such subjects. Not much surprise exists then, that women’s actions in World War II eventually would also gain interest and publication for the public, though it did not gain an undivided focus until the advent of women’s and social history grew momentum. Women, despite being half of the world’s population, doubtlessly had acted during the war years, although limited by social gender expectations of the period. As time passes from 1945, more interest in the lives of women and their effect on the war

Women that were involved in the workforce had to work in any possible job they could find no matter how much they hated it because they needed to contribute towards the family’s income. Overall, women were not allowed to work at certain jobs like being involved with the government because they were considered to be appropriate for men only. Women also did not have the right to vote because men thought they were more superior than women. They also believed that they had no place in politics because it had nothing to do with house work. Since women took a huge responsibility by taking on unoccupied jobs during the war, it really showed society that they are as equal to men and that they should be treated as equals rather than just house workers. During that time, women were not considered as “people” in the eyes of the law. That all changed when a women named Emily Murphy and four other women (Nellie McClung, Louise McKinney, Henrietta Edwards, and Irene Parlby) known as The Famous Five, created a petition that supported these women. In 1929, the Privy Council of Britain declared that women were now officially considered as “people”. By winning this case it also allowed women to serve in the senate and also gave them the right to vote. Emily Murphy and the group of four women that helped with the petition are very important individuals in our Canadian history. If it wasn’t for their bravery and determination, the society that we live in today might not have

Society on both sides varied in terms of race, social class, and gender. This included both for African Americans and the general women population. Though women played an important role in the war as spies or nurses women were mostly discouraged in medical administration and military service. They had to prove whether they were worthy for the job by being able to withstand grisly conditions especially full of male strangers. Some women craved fighting which led to some incidences where women disguised as men to fight in the war; these were the “woman in battle”. Women did many other things other than medical work which included serving meals, sending letters to soldiers, and laundry. Nevertheless, women were mostly restricted from military service. They had to be highly skilled otherwise would be of no

Assess the impact of World War I on the role of women in Australian society.

Rose the Riveter is an icon that came out in the world war time. Back then women were entering the workforce in abundance of numbers during World War II. Women became the people to work when a wide spread of enlistments left holes in the industrial labor force. “Rosie the Riveter,” became the star in the 1940 and 1945 when the female percentage increased ten percent from twenty seven percent to nearly thirty seven percent. Also in 1945 almost every four women worked outside their homes. Rosie became the governments campaign aimed for the recruitment of women in the work place. Women worked in positions that use to be a male dominate work place. The women increased in female workers each year as needed. In 1943 women nearly more than

Today I'm going to be talking to you about Women in World War One, around 500,000 men enlisted for world war 1. Which began on July 28th 1914, the population in Australia at this time was just under 5 million people so that meant around 38% of the male population went to war. When the men went off to fight in the war there were not enough working males, so women had to start working in jobs that were considered male rolls, they did jobs that they had done before the war started like textile manufacturing but when the men went to war they got to do jobs that had not been available to them before such as banking even working as police officers. Lillian May Armfield was the first Australian Female police officer, she was born in 1884 the

The start of the 20th century was vital to the proclamation of gender equality. It showed women as important figures in society and that they could make just as big of an impact on the world as men could. Even though women weren’t the ones who were fighting in combat, they helped with the war effort. They sewed socks and other pieces of clothing for men in the war. This helped prevent the soldier’s from suffering from diseases like trench foot. They provided money for the war effort, took care of their children at home too. Some women even worked in the factories to maintain Canadian economy. In fact, by 1914, about 20% of the workers in the workforce were female. There were about 2400 female nurses that saw first hand the effects of the horrific battles. These contributions were vital because they gave women something they could use as a base to fight off of. Theses situations showed women’s capability and that they were strong, not helpless beings. This showed that women were capable of anything that men could do. The Prime Minister of the time, Robert Borden, promised that women could vote after the war. This started the first wave of feminism. Now that women could vote, they had a legitimate say in what happened in the

What was the impact of World War One on the changing role of women, effects of weaponry and trench warfare and discrimination against German and Turk Australians?

To begin, Women during World War II were a huge part . Around 350,000 women served in the war, at home and on the field (Women in a Glance). When the War got worse the male draftees became smaller and smaller. It was obvious at this point that women needed to step in( Women in Combat Issues for Congress). Women served in almost all positions including army, navy, nurse corps, coast guard, and marine( Women in Combat issues for Congress).Women did not just sit back and let the war happen without putting their fair share of help in.

Historian John Keegan once wrote “warfare… is the one human activity from which women, with the most insignificant exceptions, have always and everywhere stood apart.” This is gross understatement of the contributions of women to the war effort. While women only recently have been inactive military duty on the battle field, they 've acted as factory workers, nurses, recruitment as well as many aspect as they filled in the gap that men left at war. They that kept the war going. Without the support of the women, the men on the front would not have been about to continue fighting.

The role of women in war has varied significantly throughout British History. During world War 1 womens role was constricted as many worked in the industry of textiles , knitting and munitions. This said they played a pivotal role in the war effort as 23.8 million in britain were all working. Voluntary and paid positions were taken up as unfamiliar roles to women, Nevertherless this was recquired in order to sustain the living of many families. World War 1 illustrated the capability of women in wokring across a variety of fields. However the effort from women was arguably taken out of context. Despite the rise in pay , women still earned less then men. They held the responisibility of working as a generation of men went to fight. This covered munitions, police patrols and even nursing.Women worked in horendous conditions and accidents were far too frequent in factories. A TNT plant killed 73 people and also leading to the destruction of nearby homes. Furthermore the collective effort was extraordinary , the workers of one factory in Gloucestershire within the four years filled over 17 million shells(BBC world war 1).Opportunities in civil service increased by 1,751 %.

World War I made a colossal impact on all aspects of human life and almost everyone in Europe was affected by this impact to different degrees as a consequence. One group in particular, most often illustrated as a real turning point, largely in enfranchisement and employment, were women.

World war 1 was a global/total war because all of the population of the nations were involved in one way or another, including government, women, and their economy, and groups within participating nations never seen before. This meant the entire nation, not just the soldiers, was called into Service for the war, eventually giving it these titles. The small details each contributed, had an effect in world war 1, making it appear as though the war took place of the battle field as well, as well as inside. Throughout the war the homefront saw massive change in the role of women, keeping a fixed amount of food left for soldiers and people outside of the war. Some women were recreated to work in jobs vacant from men who went to war, including jobs