Women wanted the same working rights as men, and they fought hard for it. Suffragettes stoped their campaign of violence and supported the government and its war effort in every way. The work done by women in the First World War was to be vital for Britain's war effort. Even though women gained the right to vote shortly after the war, its argued that the war wasn’t really the cause of giving women this right. After all, in countries such as New Zealand (1893), Australia (1901), Finland (1906) or Norway (1913) women got the vote before the war began, whereas others such as Denmark (1915), Iceland (1915), Holland (1917) or Sweden (1919) gave it to women during the war without being involved in it.
Although women traditionally were excluded from military service and their participation in the Armed Forces was not promoted at the outset of World War II, it soon became apparent that their participation was necessary to win a total war. “ (Women in the Millitary in World War II) As a result, women played an important role in the World War II and they had a great duty to save the world and protect their countries. During World War II, the generally held belief in the United State was that women were incapacitated for several days each month and were accident-prone prior to and during the menses. But those who rebut the woman's body as military liability claims argue that menstruation does not incapacitate or debilitate most women and that "female military nurses have had
Patrick Blain Women of World War II Many Canadians believe that men are the ones who won the war, but we also have to remember all those who played a substantial role behind the scenes of all the action, the women. On the home front they made weapons and military crafts for those in battle. Many women were also near the battlefields nursing and taking care of wounded soldiers. WWII also brought women to the fighting front where they helped fighters in the Army, the Navy and the Air Force. In WWII women played an enormously tremendous role in Canada’s victory both on the home front and the war front.
These women, each of whom had already obtained their pilot's license prior to service, became the first women to fly American military aircraft. They ferried planes from factories to bases, transporting cargo and participating in simulation strafing and target missions, accumulating more than 60 million miles in flight distances and freeing thousands of male U.S. pilots for active duty in World War II. More than 1,000 WASPs served, and 38 of them lost their lives during the war. Considered civil service employees and without official military status, these fallen WASPs were granted no military honors or benefits, and it wasn't until 1977 that the WASPs received full military status. While women worked in a variety of positions previously closed to them, the aviation industry saw the greatest increase in female workers.
The Women’s Right Movement changed the lives of the American Women for the better, due to gaining the right to vote, access to higher education, and the opportunity to enter the workforce. Before the reform movements of Women’s right, the American women were discriminated in society, home life, education, and the workforce. Women in the 1800s could not only vote, but they also were forbidden to speak in public. They were voiceless and had no self-confidence, they dependent men, since they had little to no rights (Bonnie and Ruthsdotter). Before the reform movement, the American Women were voiceless, they had no say in society, however the reform movement will soon change that.
From small cuts to amputations and more, women underwent the most gruesome constants of war first hand. If surgery was necessary, it consisted of two nurses holding down the soldier and the surgeon working on him with no pain medicine. They witnessed many horrific things from a personal viewpoint influencing these nurses and their diaries & journals.After the war, the field of nursing was changed. Nursing became the profession for mostly all women. The war made society view women as willing to give themselves up to others.
As the feminine sex, women have always been connected with caring and creating life not destroying or hindering it. Although women today are allowed the opportunity to enter the army, they have not been able step foot into combat and fight along their male peers. Women are vulnerable creatures who should leave fighting to the men due to their lack of physical strength, mental strength, and their inability to cope with stress. Though women have the right as well as ability to possibly be in combat, I believe in sticking to the status of the traditional woman. There are many altercations about why women should not be fighting in combat and physical strength is the main argument.
Evolution of Military Women Susan Jewett Austin Peay University Diversity in the Workplace Dr. Thomas Cox December 4, 2013 Abstract This research is to express the growth of gender diversity within the United States military. Women have long been a strong force within the Unites States military; however they were limited to be only caregivers and nurses until the last few decades. Women have fought for equality and ranking for hundreds of years to only be held back in every aspect. Most areas of the workforce have adapted to allow women more growth and leadership with the exception of the United States military. We will look at the lack of women to grow into the top positions, the history of women in the military, and whether they really want to be equal to men within the military.
Men were sent by the millions to fight in the terrible total war. This left a massive void in the workforce, in dire needs to be filled. Subsequently the government had no choice but to allow women to join the workforce in order to fill the vacant positions. 19 million women entered the workforce, providing an opportunity to showcase their ability and prove they can do more than fill the role of homemaker. The positions women filled while men were at war included nursing
Is feminism still relevant in the modern world? In the early 20th century the suffragettes played a huge part in gaining votes for women. World War One also played a large part the feminist movement as women who had previously been deemed incapable of much more than looking after children and husbands were now required to help in other areas such as the work force as part of the war effort. After World War One women were not content to revert back to their pre-war status. World War Two required women in the munitions factories and as land girls which due to the shortage of men gave, women a definite place in the working environment, and the argument of women being incapable was now of no consequence.