Women had many roles during World War II. They helped the military, worked in factories, and became nurses. Before the war, many women were just home makers. During World War II women could do anything. Even famous Rosie the Riveter once said, “We Can Do It!” (Panchyk 57) Women played a huge role in World War II.
Many women were nurses and ambulance drivers on the front line. Others worked in munitions factories, which was dangerous, as the TNT used in the factories poisoned many women. These women made great sacrifices and some died, as in the 1917 explosion at the Woolwich Arsenal, Silverton, which killed several. Moreover, a few, like Edith Cavell, even died at the hands of the Germans. She was seen as a heroine who had died serving her country.
Nasca Riverbend’s description of her life in Iraq before and after US’ invasion differs drastically from United States media representations of Arab woman and US government rhetoric regarding war on terror. Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Iraq discusses the war in Iraq and daily life in the perspective from an Arab girl, “Riverbend.” Women throughout history of all races and ethnicities have dealt with hardships or oppressions at large; however, the United States has gained a false pretense as to the “oppressions” Arab women have faced before the war. By grouping all the countries in the Middle East together and thinking the problems and customs were identical, United States has gained false view of what women in Iraq are really going through.
Her novel `The Awakening' (1899) shocked many people with its portrayal of a young woman's sexual and artistic longings. Collins, Martha Layne (born 1963) Kentucky's first female governor and first woman to chair the National Conference of Lieutenant Governors. Friedan, Betty (born 1921) Born in the U.S., a famous author and known feminist. She wrote the best-seller, "The Feminine Mystique" and challenged traditional roles of women. Cofounder and president of the National Organization for Women (from 1966-1977).
Women in World War II During World War II eight brave and talented woman where chosen by the Library of Congress, because of their The histoecrical events and characteristics of three of the eight women “who came to the front” in World War II, were chosen because of the strength and variety of their collections in the Library of Congress. These women have more than just one quality in common which made them important in world history. These three women are :Therese Bonney, Esther Bubley and Dorothea Lange. During World War II photographers and reporters did not dedicate themselves only to military and political events. Some photographers like Therese Bonney, Esther Bubley and Dorothea Lange documented the changes of the homefront.
This was real life accounts of the women who went through it, which goes a long way with showing what these times were really like during this point in history. If this film was just a narrator telling the audience what occurred during these times, it would be just like many other history documentaries that are made. Showing what these wartime women went through with excitement, humor, and sadness all in one made it that much more great. Seeing these women overcome all that was put against them made you want to rally behind
Lange faced the hard choice of either photographing what the government would have had her photograph, or photograph the truth of the horror she saw. Dorothea Lange was one of the most influential women photographers of her time, 1895- 1965. As a child Lange dealt with polio; which gave her a limp for the rest of her life and possibly fed into her desire to photograph some of the darker sides of what was going on in Japanese internment camps. Lange attended Columbia University studying photography. Lange did many collections; her first big one being the Native Americans in the southwest.
By 1950 they could vote in sixty-nine countries and by 1975 in one hundred twenty-nine countries. Today women have the right to vote almost everywhere. New horizons and new roles opened up for women, thanks to the effect of World War I. However, many women lost men in their lives, too. Husbands, brothers, and fathers had died in pretty much every family and household.
Cultural Anthropology Margret Mead Margret Mead is one of the most renowned anthropologists of all time. She brought the idea of teams, as opposed to only in individuals. Margret Mead was known for her some of her best-selling books. She was a victim in one of the most controversial events in the history of cultural anthropology. Margret Mead was considered a liar, and was looked down upon by many during her career, in an unfair manner.
Valenti provides many statistics of abuse against women here in the United States as well as examples of evidence for the mistreatment of women. Valenti's appeals began before she had written a single word, mainly due to her being a woman. She appeals to the emotional side of her readers, writing that we “cry with Oprah and laugh with Tina Fey”, that we are “fooling ourselves” into believing that a “mirage of equality...is the real thing." She is trying to explain that it is a sort of ignorance-is-bliss situation: look at all these successful women on television so how could equality not exist? She also cites facts, while maintaining an emotion, by mentioning George Sodini, who specifically targeted women in his shooting “killing three women and injuring nine others."