The Great War was a long and dangerous journey in which there was a lot of death and sadness. Many people contributed in different ways, whether they fought, nursed, volunteered or took over the jobs of those who had gone to fight. Since all the men went to fight in the war, they needed women to start taking over their jobs. Women started working in factories and jutting out of domestic roles. One of the many women who had significantly contributed towards the Great War included a nurse named Laura Adelaide Gamble, who will be further explored throughout this report.
The second World War resulted in a demand for workers after men began leaving for the war. Due to a lot of the working men in America going overseas as well as the demand for war products, women became a major source of labor. Propaganda began to address women, persuading them that it was their duty to start working for the men. The film The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter gives personal accounts of some of the hardships women faced in the era surrounding WWII, and how the media was used to create a desire for women to work.
This essay is about how Women’s role has changed during World War II. Women were encouraged by the government to enlist in the Army as nurses or as workers since most men were overseas and this created new opportunities for women. In this essay we’ll discuss about three events, women’s participation in military services, salary increase and why nurses were permitted overseas. Australian women had many responsibilities during World War 2.
While men went away, many women started to take on traditionally male roles in society. This is shown by a record of a letter written to Mary Jane Derrer on her receiving a Medal of Honour for her work as a nurse in the army. (“Nurse Awarded the Military Medal | Naa.gov.au,” 2024). In this time women were seen as weak or uncapable but as the war went on women started to help the war aid by becoming nurses and healing the wounded men as well as helping to find men missing in action. Vera Deakin was one of these women who worked for the Red Cross and helped to find many men who were MIA in the war.
This evoked a large response from a group of “working women” that were not willing to leave the workforce to resume their past roles as housewives, proving that women in this time wanted to work and gain a sense of personal independence . This was because it opened up many more opportunities in every aspect of their lives. This further developed Australia’s ultimate view on women, their ambitions and abilities.. As shown in the photograph of a protest in Sydney, Parliament House in 1972 ( a substantial amount of time after WW1) although women were being given the opportunity to work during WW1, they were still not being treated with equality in terms of pay etc; even after an extensive period of time after WW1. This caused women to protest constantly following WW1 and revealed the longing women had to contribute to the sustainability of Australia through working.
Rosie the Riveter is a widely recognized, iconic symbol of rebellion. Originating as a 1940’s propagandic symbol to encourage women everywhere to band together and keep strong using her famous phrase, ‘We can do it!’ , Rosie has grown to become a symbol of feminism and impacted the USA’s views and beliefs ultimately very positively. This pattern is present everywhere. Additional examples include Antigone, written by Socrates in classical Greece, The Hunger Games, written by modern author Suzanne Collins, and the nonfiction example of the women’s rights movement in early 1900’s USA.
I'm Rosie. Rosie the Riveter. I was a cultural icon for women in the us during the time of world war || in the early 1940's. I worked in a factory building munitions and war supplies. My fellow female co-workers and I replaced the male workers that were in the military.
Australia’s home front played a significant and important role in World War One. Thousands of people took the roles that were previously filled by men, organisations were created to support the soldiers, care packages were manufactured, charities were created to fund help, and various other things. In this essay, I will be covering the use of propaganda, women’s roles, the Australian government’s control of enemy aliens and their censorship of information. During World War One, propaganda was used for various things such as to encourage more people to enlist in the army, for charities to collect donations, to create a strong hatred for the enemy and a sense of pride in their own country.
The Great War was a horrible catastrophe which led many men and women to sacrifice their lives. It was described as “the war to end all wars”, which was a global disaster and many troops were excited to join the war and fight for their country. The Great War originated in Europe and lasted from July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918. In this time Canadian women contributed enormously. They donated their own time to the production of munitions, as nurses on the front lines, fundraised for the war effort, and maintained their homes and farms.
With the implementation of the ‘National Security Act’ it was a necessity to have men back home capable of some of the more labour enforced duties that women were incapable of completing. These reserved occupations were manufacturing and farming, which included the need to construct vital wartime infrastructure and military buildings (such as ports, aerodromes and munitions). Although men played a highly important role on the Second World War, without the help of all the women involved at home, the Australian economy would’ve fallen
“A rose for the Anzac boys” by Jackie French is a fictional novel based in 1915 when world war 1 started. It provides a unique perspective of World War I from the point of view of young women who volunteered to serve their country as nurses. The book highlights the courage and resilience of these young women who were willing to put themselves in harm's way to help those in need. It sheds light on the harsh realities of war and the toll it takes on individuals and society as a whole. The book also provides a devastating commentary on the role of women in society during that time, risking their own selves for their family and friends and the challenges they faced in pursuing their ambitions to satisfaction.
The war had provided a variety of employment opportunities for women and the most common job for women was at home, working in factories and filling in positions for their husbands, fathers, and brothers in their absence. Although the highest demand for workers were in previously male-dominated
On December 7, 1941, Japanese attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor. This lead to the United States to enter the war. The everyday life of thousands of people has been dramatically changed. To support their families women found employment. Food, gas, and clothing were rationed.
In the book written by (Gavin, 1997) it was cited that “As women took over from their absent men in hundreds of new and challenging occupations, many of which had previously been considered inappropriate”. From the beginning of the World War 1, the German women were participating a great deal. They contributed to half a million-people working on the munitions manufacturing alone (Gavin, 1997). It also mentioned in the book that over in the U.S, the men in charge refused to let the women participate up until April 1917 (Gavin, 1997). The U.S government never formally authorize the enrolment of women, despite Army officials repeatedly asking for such personnel’s.
Even after the war, women were urged to stay at home to take care of the children. On the other hand, males would deal with financial businesses to keep their family out of poverty. These gender roles were embedded
