Girls today are taught that they can do anything that boys can do. Many years ago that was not the case. This is especially true for women who wanted to be a part of the military. The role of women in the United States military has changed throughout the years.
During World War II women in the military only were allowed to do small jobs. Women from the Army Nurse Corps and Navy Nurse Corps were the only nurses who served during World War II. Only a few thousand nurses were able to serve. During the war years, the Army Nurse Corps and the Navy Nurse Corps accepted about sixty thousand women. The Women Army Corps was established by Congress in May 1942. Congress created the Women Army Corps so women could serve in the military. Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill to have the Navy, Coast Guard, and the Marines start accepting women. On the same day that Roosevelt signed the bill the Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service or WAVES was established (“Women”). Both the Army Nurse Corps and the Navy Nurse Corps have been significant organizations for women in the past. Essential noncombat responsibilities were carried out by women in the military. Women in the military carried this out because they supported the American war effort. It was a new concept for Americans to grasp
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Both the Army Nurse Corps and the Navy Nurse Corps stayed active after the war. They both stayed active because the injured soldiers needed help from the nurses. Many women were needed to stay as nurses but many were forced to take smaller jobs. The smaller jobs consisted of positions such as a clerical office worker. After World War II many women applied to be in the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots or WASP. WASP was very hard for women to get into because of all the training they had go through. WASP ferried military planes to their location which was a very important need (“Women”). WASP was the most difficult program for women after World War