Women During World War II

On September 3rd 1939 World War II started in Europe. During World War II, more than 16 million American men served in the military. While this large portion of the population was overseas fighting for the United States, women had to do many of the jobs in America normally held by men. Women were considered vital assets to the war effort, and the American government made sure to use their skills and labor in many different areas to win the war. Women contributed to the successful war effort by working society, documenting the war effort, and supporting the soldiers.

December 7, 1941 was the day when America declared war, but it was also the years following that women had the chance to show their patriotism in a way they never had before; working outside of their homes. World War II was a chance to contribute to what was needed most, the war efforts. In a dire situation that is War, women moved from their homes help the America for the better of society and their husbands off at war.

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.

Many women took over the mens jobs once the war started, and the war gave women good motivation to fight for their suffrage. President Wilson believed that the women were a vital part of the war effort. For the womens effort to help the war in 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified. The developments for women during the war, foreshadowed the future acomplishments women would gain.

Society on both sides varied in terms of race, social class, and gender. This included both for African Americans and the general women population. Though women played an important role in the war as spies or nurses women were mostly discouraged in medical administration and military service. They had to prove whether they were worthy for the job by being able to withstand grisly conditions especially full of male strangers. Some women craved fighting which led to some incidences where women disguised as men to fight in the war; these were the “woman in battle”. Women did many other things other than medical work which included serving meals, sending letters to soldiers, and laundry. Nevertheless, women were mostly restricted from military service. They had to be highly skilled otherwise would be of no

It was the year 1940, during World War II, where Hitler is his allies controlled most of Europe and threaten to control the world. Since Japan had attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, the United States congress finally agreed to enter the war against Germany and its allies after having remained neutral during the war. On October 16, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Service and Training Act, which required all male citizens between the ages of 26 and 35 to register for the military draft, and American women to volunteer for wartime service in factories and shipyards to produced munitions and war supplies for the American military. These women took entirely new jobs replacing the male workers who were in the military (Franklin).

During the course of both the World Wars, women had proven themselves to be worthy of the ‘elite’ group; men, of that time period. They had done this by commencing a sequence of work that needed to be carried out while the men were absent. However, some may argue that the women merely replaced the men and did nothing more but others believe that they had done even more than what was required of them as well as replacing them. The series of sources are propagated puzzles which have been aired recently and in this essay I will slowly depict the literal and further meaning of each one, fully describing if the women did simply just replace men or, exceed their requirements.

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

In the aftermath of World War II, German civilians become the target of hatred due to the Holocaust. The mass rapes that happened to German women during the occupation of Berlin are not remembered due to the hatred of the German population as a whole. In her diary A Woman in Berlin, Anonymous catalogues her perspective of the mass rapes. In order to cope effectively with the rapes and to survive, Anonymous manipulates her sexual assaults to become a method of obtaining necessary goods because she, like other women, could not depend on men.

Claim: World War II produced important changes in American life some trivial and others profound.

Women did important things at home and at war. Women were always expected to be housewives. Not only did they give the guys in their family, but some gave their lives. (Wow they're strong)They enter the war when it started in 1939. Some worked outside the house. What push they women work outside the home?

The beginning of World War II saw Australians see war on their shores for the first time, as well as having to travelling overseas to fight another war. It required young men to leave their country to fight, this affected the women who were left behind. World War II started in 1939 and ended in 1945. World War II was a large world conflict. During this world conflict Australia was under the threat of attack for the first time. When the war started there was a lack of man power on the home front which led to women having to step up and join the workforce. Women had many roles to be played in this epidemic, both on the home front and overseas. They were expected to undertake roles that they had never been encouraged to undertake before. During this time women had to make many sacrifices. The war changed women’s lives in the long term in a large way.

On the social perspective of the war, women also saw change, but in their social status and importance both on the home front, as well as on the battlefields. With more and more men sent for home defense and overseas to attack and protect, there was a labor shortage in the factories. Women were encouraged to fill this void by joining the civilian work force. Work in the war-related industries offered attractive wages to women, although still below that of men’s. However, in a public outcry led by the National Council of Women, basic pay was raised in July 1943 to 80% of the pay of men of similar ranking men. By 1943, around 261,000 women were involved in war goods production, which accounted for more than 30% of the aircraft industry, close to 50% of the employees in many gun works, and a distinct majority in the

Before World War I, women were not seen as equals to men. Until only recently, women were treated like children because men believed they were not capable of doing the things men did, such as fighting in the war, for example. Their only significance in society’s view was to have children, clean the house, and cook for the family. Women were rarely found living without a husband or parent figure because they were thought to be unable to support themselves financially. These oppressing ideas were what pushed women to change society's view of them once World War I began. No longer would the role of women be to care for the family. Women struggled to overcome these hardships by taking over the jobs left by the men fighting in the Great War, supporting

Women grew as a gender in World War II. Besides the war happening, women in America were fighting for rights, respect, and gender equality. What women fought for during World War II changed americas point of view of women. Feminist impacted women’s jobs, rights as a women, and gender equality.