Canadian Women

The government and the general populace realized how hard the woman had worked for the sake of Canada, and this earned woman the respect that they had longed for from the general populace and the government. Furthermore, this very sense of respect was proved when the government under Prime Minister Borden approved the War measures act on September 20, 1917(“Woman’s right to vote in Canada”). This very act was a prime gesture from the Canadian government that illustrated how winning the respect of the people resulted in the destruction of the misogynistic sentiments of that era. Furthermore, many historians regard the “War Times Act” as a gesture that was carried out in order to acknowledge the efforts that women had done in order to aid in the war(“Suffrage in Canada”). As said previously, woman raised funds for war, they volunteered as nurses overseas, worked endless hours in factories in order to build munitions, and provided countless other services for the benefit of the economy and the government. Moreover, they simultaneously kept their families together,”while men went overseas”(“Woman get the vote”), and kept war efforts moving through funds raised by various non-profit organizations run by women. The government witnessed this and rewarded the services of such woman by granting them the right to vote. Furthermore, the fact the government wanted to integrate women into the Canadian political system reveals that the long arduous toiling that woman had done for the nation was finally beginning to reap rewards for their own battle for gender equality.. Although, the right to vote was only bestowed upon those who were related to soldiers fighting overseas, it nonetheless

In addition to women’s unpaid and voluntary work towards the war effort and some paid labour in the war industry, for the first time in history, during the Second World War women were also “mobilized in the thousands for service in the armed forces of Canada.” [5] Usually the military (and any work concerning it) has solely been a man’s job. The only occurrence you would see a women associated with the military before the war was if they were a nurse in the Nursing Service of the Royal Canadian Army Corps.

During World War II, thousands of women in various nations were deeply involved in volunteer work alongside men. Before World War II, the women’s role was simply to be a wife to her husband, a mother to her children, and a caretaker to the house (Barrow). As World War II raged on, women made enormous sacrifices for their family, and also learnt new jobs and new skills. Women were needed to fill many “male jobs”, while men went off to fight in the war. Women served with distinction in The Soviet Union, Britain, Japan, United States, and Germany and were urged to join armed forces, work in factories, hospitals, and also farms to support the soldiers fighting the war. During this time, women took on the dual

At the beginning of the twentieth century, many Canadians were still adjusting to its new ways and ideas. Then the Greatest War the world had ever seen transformed the map of Europe and changed the nations, and the people, who fought in it forever. In Canada, for example, during the war the government faced great challenges such as the conscription crisis when the Country was divided by politics. In addition Canada was accepting the new, untraditional, roles of women, who during the war were allowed to work for the first time in ‘men’s professions”; such as

In the past, WWII and WWI, women were very dominant; they had to take care of their children, do all the chores and also had to cook the food. During WWII, women had to take place for the men (First world war.com). The war changed the life for all Canadian women. When men went to fight, women were called upon to fill their jobs, and this included many jobs that were previously thought of unsuitable for women. Women were called up for war work from March 1941(Women during World War II). The roles of the women were positively impacted by World War II, because they had the potential to re-enter the workforce, control the farms and join the military for the first time. Taking control of the military was tough, but women had shown that they could work together and handle the situation.

Throughout World War II, the role of women in the United States was rapidly changing. While men were away fighting overseas, the women were left to fill jobs and support America's war efforts. Women were encouraged to take on these new roles through advertisements for the war efforts. They were told that it was their duty to work, and they were really enjoying the feeling of independence and importance. However, once the war was over and the men began coming home, they were left in need of jobs, and this newfound sense of freedom for women would soon be stripped away from them.

During the Second World War, both married and unmarried women worked in wartime industries and factories to take the place of men who joined the service. Although women didn’t play a significant role on the battlefields in Europe compared to males, it would be logical to conclude that women played an integral role in the participation and victory in WWII both at home and abroad. Yet when one considers their contribution, it is hard to imagine how much more they could have done given the conservative views of gender role at that time. In the context of traditional gender roles and boundaries, women conceivably maximized their wartime efforts by working in a variety of jobs including industry, volunteering, and serving as support staff for

From the beginning of Canadian history, women have assumed a great amount of responsibility in the participation in defense of their homes and communities (Chenier). Before WWI, the majority of women outside the working class did not work due to the natural assumption as the motherly figure and caretaker of the family. As Canada entered the war, the men of the households embarked for the front while the women were forced to undertake numerous responsibilities. Women were required to substitute for the role of men in their communities by engaging in employment typically associated with the opposite sex and supporting them from afar while managing their family and home. Thus the circumstances of Canada during WWI have immensely shaped the gender

Women served an important role in WWII. They not only took the challenge and stepped up to take the places of the men off fighting in the war to work in factories, but they also fought side by side with those risking their lives and fighting for their country. They were needed everywhere during the war. There were an unbelievable amount of job opportunities for women during the war and many supported the brave acts of voluntary enlistment. “‘A woman’s place is in the home’ was an old adage, but it still held true at the start of World War II. Even though millions of women worked, home and family we considered the focus of their lives” says Brenda Ralf Lewis. Without the help of those women who were brave enough to

Social changes were being made in Canada after the second World War suggesting that a free country was taking notice of civil rights and equality which led to improvement of living standards. During and after the war, Canada’s government took notice of women and made them feel as important as men by supplying jobs. Prior to the war, females did not work as much as men. When the war started females were being treated with respect and also had a big part in the rise of Canada’s economy. Women who were housewives even got an opportunity to work and earn money. Also females standards were increased as well and women played a big part in the war industry. A lot of females just volunteered for the war production during World War 2. Hard working women

While women played a notable role in the World War I, their contribution was by far, more necessary and more impactful in World War II. Their actions were a key factor in the outcome of the war as they formed the backbone of the allies and performed crucial roles for various countries around the globe. Canadian women in the second world war changed from their previous roles of being a good wife and mother to fighting in the Canadian Armed Forces. Furthermore those who were not on the frontlines, served in factories or were volunteering to provide and be part of the war effort. Lastly, women had gained access new opportunities and pushed the suffrage movement as well as promoted equality. Although the same activities may have occurred during

While the women’s history did not formally emerge in Canada until the late 1960s, it is important to acknowledge the works that pre-dated the women’s movement. In these early works, authors tended to concentrate on great Canadian women and women in great Canadian events. Key events that highlighted victories for women in Canadian society were the subject of many works, most notably the suffragist movement in Canada. Biographic works were developed on key women that were active in male- dominated areas of society, including political, legal, or economic spheres. Historians like Mary Innis, Margaret Stewart, Doris French, and Elise MacGill have offered intriguing examples of women who participated and succeeded in male dominated spheres. Their

This is because women were supposed to stay at home to cook and clean while their husbands went out to work. When World War I occurred, many Canadians men were shipped over seas to fight in the war. This meant that all the men who fought in war would be leaving their jobs behind. There would be so many empty positions that had been left by the men fighting overseas, employers had no other option but to hire women. By 1917, over 35 000 Canadian women worked in munitions factories. This increase of women working is due to the fact that the men had been shipped off to war. This was one of the most defining moments in history because it was when women were first acknowledged for their hard work. The women's employers saw that women were in fact capable of performing the jobs the men had previously occupied. At this point in time, a new perception of women was created. Women were seen as capable of doing hard work and a woman having a job that wasn't being the “perfect wife” was no longer frowned upon. Women had gone from taking up 13% to 43% of the labour force in

While the fight for the equality of women in Canadian society is one that still persists, had it not been for the early 20th century, women would not have the fundamental rights that they do today. Before the outbreak of WW1, Canadian women faced a number of unfortunate realities. Not only were their gender roles strictly bound to domestic services and household work, women were also viewed as men’s property that could not defy the ideas of their husbands, and were denied the right to make political decisions. During the period of 1914-1929, the rights of women in Canadian society advanced as economical, social and political pressure grew. This advancement was induced by the initiatives taken and opportunities given to women on the home

Then came WWII, which forced many women into the work force to fill wage-earning gaps (Radek, 2001). According to Cavanaugh (2014), it was seen to be women’s ‘patriotic duty’ to begin in the workforce and fill traditionally male roles, while the men were