Introduction In the American civil war, thousands of women were involved as volunteer nurses in different military hospitals and the battle field. Although social taboos prohibited women from working outside their homes, women sought direct and convention involvement in the civil war. They focused on participating in the national struggle and pursuing career opportunities in the military rather than the traditionally confined domestic support roles. Women nurses experienced the detrimental and depressing constants of the civil war, such disease, as mutilated bodies, amputated limbs as well as death. In addition, they offered invaluable aid to the wounded and sick soldiers as well as medical authorities.
During the war, Clare Booth Luce used her journalism skills to write a non-fiction book warning Americans about the dangers of isolationism. As the wife of Henry Luce, publisher of Life magazine, she wrote many reports from various wartime locations, which were published in Life magazine. Even though she considered her wartime efforts as a vacation from her true profession, her on location reports and observations were of such significant importance that Allied military policy came under scrutiny and was altered. In addition, Luce encountered danger on her assignments and experienced bomb raids in Europe and the Far East. Therese Bonney also continued with her primary profession of photography during the war.
Women in this job also provided traditional women jobs such as cleaning, cooking, and laundering. Many of the nurses served in field hospitals thanks to Dorothea Dix who led many women into these hospitals through the U.S sanitary Commission, an organization she led. The U.S Sanitary Commission also helped save many lives of soldiers during the civil war. Nursing was a very significant role of women during this time not only because they helped save many lives. It was also significant because after the civil war, nursing was dominated by women and up until present day, it still is.
* The value of formal education through theory and clinical experience. * The Bolton Act of 1942 was the first bill passed in Congress to provide funding for nurse education during war times. * Florance Blanchfield ranked Colonel during WW2. Later in her career advocated for the military to compensated nurses for their honor and dedication to the United States People. * Helped change the cultural ideologies of the role women in our society.
History of the American Red Cross Jane Delano, a former Red Cross nurse, once said “I would rather live on a crust and serve the Red Cross than do anything else in the world.”(Bulman 32). The American Red Cross has had a huge impact on the United States. Whether helping soldiers in combat or supporting a community that suffered from a natural disaster, the Red Cross is there to aid individuals, families, communities and military personnel in one way or another. Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross, is responsible for the administration and service that the American Red Cross provides, not only in the United States but also in other countries. The founder of the American Red Cross, Clara Barton, started her volunteer work
Some women became soldiers because they replaced their husbands who were wounded or died on the battle field. Others protected their frontiers and settlements. Women even received pension for fighting in the war and received the same awards male soldiers
Women's Rights? A female's freedom socially, economically, politically and desire to be equal can be defined as a movement of the Women’s Rights. It was during World War I that Canadian women earned many rights, including the right to vote, recognition of factory work and certain liberties such as speech and association. Through the ages, it has evolved into a woman’s time for education, participation in decisions like abortions, and intolerance towards domestic violence. They have come a long way but unfortunately, it is still also a long way away before women can truly achieve “equality”.
Therese Bonney was a heroine to people, whom was known as the “Photofighter” in a wartime comic book that was made at the time. She led people to view many victims of the war that touched them mentally and emotionally deeply through her photos. She claims by this quote that she did this for people to see the truth, “I go forth alone, try to get the truth and then bring it back and try to make others face it and do something about it.” She didn’t want to solely express her viewpoints through photos directly by newspapers and magazines; so, she made some photo-essay books named War Comes to People and Europe’s Children. She moved millions of people through her works of
At a time when social conditions limited the experience of women in Canada, the Famous 5 came forward as examples of women's that were willing to pursue justice. In 1929, these women fought for the recognition of women as people under the British North America Act and won. And from then on, women could vote, go to work or learn at school, and all because of these five persons. In 1928, the Supreme Court of Canada decided women were not "people" that could hold office as Canadian
Women helped cure many troops during the war. Because of the numerous amounts of soldiers being wounded in the trenches everyday, women were brought to the front line to help and cure the injured by joining the humanitarian organization, the American Red Cross. It was surely not an easy task, for the women ran the risk of being hit by a stray bullet, or even shelled during the enemy’s bombardment. Women without any medical knowledge usually served as drivers in ambulances, also