When thinking about the connotations between female contributions and World War One, individuals often correlate women with helping in industrialized factories and the efforts back home. The plethora of efforts by women often go unrecognized. It is crucial that these women are credited for the immense work that they executed both in America and in Europe, because without the female contributions, the outcome of the war may have not been the same. Through these efforts of American women on the home front and overseas, America was able to provide relief in the war endeavors against the Central Powers and end the Great War. The U.S. Congress declared war on the German Empire on April 6th, 1917. After war was declared, recruitment for American help began, and propaganda was a pivotal strategy in this recruitment process. Propaganda was information used to promote or shape public opinion on a particular political cause or point of view, often depicted through images and posters. World War I was the first war in which mass media and propaganda played a significant role in keeping the home front updated and in the loop for the war. Propaganda could even well be …show more content…
Approximately one million women began to replace men back home in farming, shipyards, and industries (Bryant). The role of women immensely changed due to having to learn new skills and tasks never done before. They had to produce food, uniforms, and weapons to provide for the American and Allied forces. They had taken up jobs such as running farms, being nurses and doctors, nannying for children of the war. On top of all this, most women had to take paying jobs that were outside of the home for the first time. They handled their homes on their own, and were the head of the family handling money - a task that was not commonly done by women before the