The work done by women during the war was vital but its importance to the passing of the bill may have been overstated. Women helped the war effort by working to help with machinery and making weapons for the war. Women were also involved in knitting socks for the soldiers on the front, as well as other voluntary work, but as a matter of survival women had to work for paid employment for the sake of their families. On the Home Front: Melbourne in Wartime, 1939-1945. The hard skilled labor of women was symbolized in the United States by the concept of Rosie the Riveter, a woman factory laborer performing what was previously considered man's work.
Women, in World War one, proved that they could contribute and take as much responsibility as men could. Women had more responsibility during World War Two in operating heavy construction machinery, working in steel mills and munitions. As many men had to serve in the war, women took over many male responsibilities. Those who worked on land did a very valuable job for the British people. Women also worked on farms, drove trucks, provided logistic support for soldiers and entered professional areas of work that were previously the preserve of men. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anybody. Many nurses were injured on the front line and occasionally even killed.
Wages were still only 25p a week. This leaves a difference of only 14 — a long way off of the 330 majority of 1917. Some differences between me and Sammy are that I walked out with a bang, while he folded up his apron and set the bow on top of the folded apron. Many women worked in munitions, allowing for a rapid rise in production; they also worked on maintaining coal, gas and power supplies. One daring raid involved taking secret naval codes from a safe within a locked and guarded room.
It also provided the spark that caused women to be able to vote and have a political opinion. Along with this was the fear of social and political upheaval as seen in Russia with the overthrow of the tsar in February 1917 followed by the Bolshevik take-over of Russia in October 1917. Source A is a positive source to show the comparisons between Domestic Service and War Work. They also looked after people who had lost their homes from Germans bombing — the support they provided for these shocked people who had lost everything was incalculable. Some were long term whilst others were short term. They were more likely judged by their exquisiteness rather than their ability.
Many people saw the bold, boyish look and shocking behavior of flappers as a sign of changing morals. Many restrictions applied to their womanhood and not being able to work was one of them. Although she was not a spy as we generally view them, Edith worked undercover to help transport soldiers from France, England and Belgium to escape from the Germans. She assisted in training at least three battalions of French Resistance forces and continuously reported on enemy movements. Nazi Germany eventually put a five million franc price on the head of the woman they called the 'White Mouse'. The government finally admitted 18 months after the war, that women had been filling in for the men whilst they were at the front.
As women were not seen to work in higher praised jobs that only men could do, they proved themselves to be as skilled if not more during World War one. In part because of female participation in the war effort Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and a number of European countries extended to women in the years after the First World War. They were given a choice of either working on the land or in factories. A British nurse who ran a Belgian clinic, she saved many lives on both sides. Still others took on work in transport or offices.
The main way in which the Treaty of Versailles led to World War 2 was by making Germany feel strongly towards revenge. The latter sections of this object group highlight resources related to women in World War I that are held by other Smithsonian museums and archives. After World War One After the end of the First World War in 1918, the job level of the middle and working class changed dramatically. How did women's status change during and after the war? Although she was not a spy as we generally view them, Edith worked undercover to help transport soldiers from France, England and Belgium to escape from the Germans. Typically women who followed armies were from the working classes of society, but during the Great War, women from all classes served in many different capacities. Thousands of others joined defensive militias at home and there was a great increase in the number of women serving for the military itself, particularly in the Soviet Union's Red Army. Women in Britain finally achieved suffrage on the same terms as men in 1928.
In Portsmouth, they collected enough scrap metal to fill four railway carriages……. As a result of increased pressure to allow African-American women to participate in the Red Cross, 18 black nurses were stationed at Army bases in Illinois and Ohio to care for African-American soldiers and German prisoners of war. In the book Nickel and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich delves into this infinite pit of poverty while introducing herself to the conditions and environment of the minimum wage community and lifestyle. In both wars, Germany and its allies had major parts in the beginning of the conflicts. Women were given paramilitary training in small arms, drill, first aid and vehicle maintenance in case they were needed as home guards. They were more likely judged by their exquisiteness rather than their ability.
Later, in 1945, she was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross by Gen. She intercepted and detected orders of numerous sorts, chief among them a copy of the Imperial Order discussing terms of surrender which was then disseminated to Japanese troops. These jobs provided unprecedented opportunities to move into occupations previously thought of as exclusive to men, especially the aircraft industry, where a majority of workers were women by 1943. Women began to gain more freedom and respect when men realized that women were capable of working. With millions of men away fighting and with the inevitable casualties, there was a severe shortage of labour in a range of industries, from rural and farm work to urban office jobs. To reassure men that the demands of war would not make women too masculine, some factories gave female employees lessons in how to apply makeup, and cosmetics were never rationed during the war.
In both cases, the narrators resist the initial urge to repress creativity and thought processes, but later become more in tune with their inner selves as they lose touch with the external reality, where societal expectations act as a heavy burden. Nazi Germany eventually put a five million franc price on the head of the woman they called the 'White Mouse'. She was caught, tried and sentenced to death, but instead got seven years in a prison in Ghent before the end of the war meant her release. During War World One and Two, women took on many of the same jobs such as nursing, machine operators, doctors, and lawyers. About 800 women workers began a , going on daily marches.