Some women “felt they were needed at home to raise families, crops for food and to fill the jobs that the men had vacated in order to serve their country.”(Suite101) Women’s lives on the home front during World War II were a significant part of the war effort for all participants and had a major impact on the outcome of the war. Once the men went off to war and left their jobs, the women that were single had a great advantage because job opportunities were everywhere. In the other hand married women had a tough time, especially if they had children. Hundreds of women worked in machine shops, welding shops, manufacturing plants, and also worked in war industries to make equipment for the war. New industries, naval, and army bases were being built during the home front.
Denesia Rollins Mr. McKinney History 134-015 12 March 2012 Analysis Paper #3 The Great Depression and World War II have changed the United States by the Changing Roles for Women. With American men enlisting in the war effort, the work force quickly diminished. Who would "man" the assembly lines in the factories to produce the needed items for the current war? The War marked and important watershed in the women status. With most of the men going into military service, the demand for labor struck up old prejudices about sex roles in the workplace, and the military.
World War I affected many people during its time of war. WWI was known as the war that ended without any country knowing why it started in the first place. From the mid 1914 to late 1918, the lives of women and men changed for the better. The war impacted the men who had to leave their job to support the battle and the women who kept up with the jobs in order to keep the war running. The women went from running the house to running the factory.
Since men were fighting for the country, this propaganda encouraged women to take roles men had to do before they left for the war. This suggestion was shown by demonstrating the lady in the picture drilling through metal. The picture also displayed, she was working on war equipment. Also, the propaganda shows a slogan saying "Do the job HE left behind". Meaning since most men had gone to war, nobody else but women were able to fill men's daily roles.
* During the war, women started to be employed in different types of jobs eg factory work, replacing the men who had gone to fight in the war in Europe. * Organisations such as the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) had been fighting for decades to get the vote for women. As women had contributed so much to the war effort, it was difficult to refuse their demands for
The authors in those days belonged to a modernist revolutionary era in which old values and traditions wanted to see a change. The story was written in 1927 which meant more and more women joined the battle against male chauvinism, to protect their rights as women. Also World War I was currently taking place. This meant many women had to complete chores by themselves while their husbands had to handle war. All that chaos contributed to the male chauvinism we see in our current society.
First, women’s contribution to the war effort was definitely a major factor in granting women the vote in 1918. To start with, women’s role was to stay at home and encourage men to fight. However, many realised this was total war, involving civilians as well as the soldiers. Women were needed to fill roles of men who had gone off to war, and so women of all classes volunteered to help the war effort. Many women were nurses and ambulance drivers on the front line.
Even famous Rosie the Riveter once said, “We Can Do It!” (Panchyk 57) Women played a huge role in World War II. One of the important roles was working in the military. They served in all three services, Army, Air Force and Navy. When the government was recruiting women into the Army, they made it sound glamorous. When the women joined the Army, they did not get glamorous jobs.
Overall, the women were upset that their men were never home, thus making an unbalance in their family, leading to an unbalance in society. War not only derives nations, but also the families of the soldiers. Many explanations have raised from the text of Aristophanes play Lysistrata and the theme of Anti-War. “Behind every great man, there is a great woman”, “Brawn vs. Brains”, and “Women, you can’t live with them, and you can’t live without them.” these sayings are loosely based on the play that has occupied our history. The play Lysistrata shows the theme of anti-war through the precise work of symbolism, characters and word choice.
The Toll the War in Iraq Makes on its Women The Toll the War in Iraq Makes on its Women Christine DiMare March 25, 2012 The Toll the War in Iraq Makes on its Women The war in Iraq has brought more than devastation to just the landscape or the loss of its men. War also devastates the lives of Iraqi women. War makes widows, childless middle-aged women, and some are being sold for sex. Typically, Iraqi couples are married at age seventeen – eighteen for men and fourteen to seventeen for women (Iraq, 2012). However, the war in Iraq has cost Iraqi women their husbands more than one can imagine.