Selective Service Act Thesis

Another thing that should prevent women to be in the draft is emotion. Women are complex beings with many chemical emotions causing them to react differently than men. Women’s brains perceive things in a more maternal way there for they consider circumstances differently. If a situation was complicated and needed an immediate reaction a woman might not be the right person to make an instant and thought out decision. She might reflect on it in a way that didn’t conjure what the troop needed at the moment. Women that are forced to be in war can easily get overwhelmed. Men can come through due to instinct after hundreds of years of being the ones who take care of the physical and difficult tasks at hand but women might not be as likely to react logically and can be easily inundated by the stress. Having maternal instinct rather than survival technique can be a vast disadvantage in combat causing emotion to be a handicap.

The most hardworking people are usually the least recognized. They are generally the least paid as well. There must be some sort of incentive for them to continually work so hard. The United States Army has been the underdogs of the military branch. The United States Army is probably the hardest working branch of the military, but also the least sought after. To the general public they are not considered to be at the top of the spectrum amongst the other branches of military. The government has helped in creating a bias within the branches of military by making the standards to get into the military so low compared to some of the other branches. The Army should be considered the “People’s Army.”

Starting with the First World War and ending with the Korean War, there were 16,307,243 American’s inducted into wars by the Selective Service (Induction Statistics). These men were inducted into the wars by the draft method. A draft is an imperative recruitment for the military services. Drafts were very helpful with gathering men for the wars that America fought in. Many people did not want to be apart of the drafts, but there were many ways to get out of one as well. Drafts were a necessary action in order to get the men of the United States to fight for their country, and protect the freedoms of others.

Many people question if women went into the war because of patriotism or because they lacked other opportunities. Women responded to the call differently depending on age, race, class, marital status, and number of children. They switch from lower-paying female jobs to higher-paying factory jobs. While patriotism influenced women,

Over 400,000 African Americans were drafted into the war. They were able to have more opportunities such as enlist in segregated units and work in industries that built weapons for the Great War (Document 5). Propaganda helped influence Americans to conserve food, eat less meat and give it the soldiers, and fight for their families by enlisting in the war (document 6). As more men were drafted into war, women were able to have the chance to be more involved in society. The Amendment for women suffrage was passed and changed America (document 1). It opened doors for women as they were able to vote and have a voice in

Then around the time of World War 2 there was another draft. This draft was known as the first peace wartime draft . This draft was confirmed on September 16th 1940. It declared that all men between the ages of twenty-one and forty-five had to register for the U.S army . This draft also required that all men drafted had to serve at least a year. During this period the time of twelve months was extended and this resulted in many soldiers leaving and going a wall. A common symbol found in the barracks of these soldiers was O.H.I.O. this stood for “over the hills in October” . Although many soldiers left during that time, many new people signed up to join because of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Not only did many new men register but the woman too. The woman’s jobs were usually paramedics and nurses .

Rather it be experiencing extreme passion to discover the world, patriotism and determinism to fight for their beliefs, or simply a desire to help, many women joined the Civil War. As an amazing step of progress in history, these heroes effectively challenged traditional values

a). I will discuss some of the reasons why less women join the Army.  Currently, females make up 15.7 percent of the U.S. Army. Approximately 16% of the officer corps and 7% of top generals and admirals in the Armed forces are women (McGregor). The statistics show women still make up a small percentage out of the total number of military officers in the Army. Few females thus join the Army. Many females decide to enter the Army mostly for personal reasons ranging from to avoid economic difficulties. Some join because the Army is the only viable job and that they have looked for jobs but have not found any. Others join out of a sense of honor, duty and even patriotism. They want to serve their country in the various capacities. While another group enters, the Army to receive education benefits, to gain job skills and to see more of the world among others (Jessica). Therefore, each person always has their reason. But the important thing is once they join the Army, they work towards protecting the country and its citizens. No one cares what their reasons were as long as they prove their

This not only allowed women to go in the military but it also helped us women to gain our freedom. After this, men got more used to women working and being in the army. It took awhile for us to gain our rights but after a while we were able to do as much as men. The 1900s is where a lot of laws and rights were gained for women. Women were leaders from their on and gained a lot of respect. Every Time women were leaders or did something good they got put in newspapers and america well knew what had happened. The women's army corps was overall a very good corporation and it helped us a lot through the war. Nowadays a lot of women are in the military branches and women are respected from the men

Section 1: Identification and Evaluation of sources This internal assessment will explore the question: How well did World War II establish a foundation for Women to be accepted into the American society as workers? The role of women during the latter part of the war and after the war will be investigated, specifically 1936 through 1950. The war was their breakthrough into society but the way they were treated after the war will be investigated more deeply.

According to the “United States Constitution, Amendment 19.” It states, “The right of citizens of the United States, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. This is a huge alteration for woman since no one had really listened to woman or thought highly of them at this time. According to data from “Divorce and changing status of women…” the rates of women petitioning greatly increased after and before the war ended. This proves that it caused woman to start fighting for their rights and to speak out and not stay

It should be noted that approximately 350,000 women did join the armed forces. These women worked as nurses, repairwomen for airplanes, and even drove supply trucks. Although most women would get involved by joining the workforce. There was a 60% increase of women in the workforce, and they made up 33% of that workforce. Not surprisingly there was a lot of married women who were apart

about 350,000 women worked in newly formed female army positions, such as women pilots, or WASPs, and women marine corps. Men were hesitant to let the women help out, but as stated by womensmemorial.org, “Commanders who had once stated that they would except women ‘over my dead body’ soon welcomed them and asked for more” (World War II:Women and the War). What this shows is that men were not accepting of the women, but once they realized what great workers they were, they were happy to hire them for uniformed positions. Women took jobs as cooks, nurses, factory workers, and mechanics, all of which were necessary for America to win the war. They didn’t need to draft as many men due to the increase in

     “May 22, 1942, will surely go down on the record,” predicted the Christian Science Monitor. “It was the day that women joined up with the army...” It was obvious; the U.S. needed a larger military force. Thus women joined the army within organizations. From there came Oveta Culp Hobby, the director for the first American military organization of women. This organization was called the WAAC (Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps). Many people were impressed by the strength of the WAAC and it is said that within three months, the AAF was discussing the possibilities of obtaining more members of the WAAC (Weatherford, p.34).

Hundreds of young men volunteered to fight for their country. For black men, it was a great opportunity too. Demonstrate their abilities and courage was their aim. In addition, they increased the military assets, materials, equipment and built military bases. There was a detailed training program for soldiers. Also, they tried to protect their soldiers, and they formed the GI’s, which by the end of the War were more than only soldiers they were brothers fighting for one reason and defending their country. Another example of mobilization was Sexuality, which was encouraged to relief tension, frustration and increase aggressiveness. The World War II was a whole shift for femininity and sexuality. Bans and pin-ups of Betty Grable were used as symbols to remind soldiers that they were fighting for a good cause. And increase the hope to see their wives, brides or “sweethearts” that were waiting for