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The change in role of women was th emost significant innovation in WWI -…
The change in role of women was th emost significant innovation in WWI
Intro
women roles before WWI
BBC:
Before the Great War, a woman’s role was considered to be within the home. Public life, including politics was widely seen as for men only. It was believed that women involved in politics would neglect their responsibilities at home
.(“Changing Role of Women - Domestic Impact of World War One - Society and Culture - Higher History Revision - BBC Bitesize”)
washington.edu:
Before the World War I, women typically played the role of the homemaker. Women were judged by their beauty rather than by their ability. Their position and status were directed towards maintaining the annual duties of the family and children. These duties consisted of cleaning and caring for the house, caring for the young, cooking for the family, maintaining a yard, and sewing clothing for all.
After WW1
Direct impact: the number of women in the workforce increased
late 1918, 90 per cent of the workers in the munitions industry were female.
Thousands worked on farms in the ‘land army’.
Most notably, the aftermath of the war witnessed women gaining voting rights in many nations for the first time. Yet women’s full participation in political life remained limited, and some states did not enfranchise their female inhabitants until much later (1944 in France). (“British Library”)
Women gain more rights in WW1
People recognized that women contributed equaly as mens in ww1.
Two years later August 20, 1920,
The 19th Amendment guaranteed that women throughout the United States would have the right to vote on equal terms with men.
RIght to vote: in Canada in 1917, in Britain, Germany, and Poland in 1918, and in Austria and the Netherlands in 1919
WOmen gain working women gain working opportunity during and after ww1
Article: women impact in ww1: 23.6% of the working age population in 1914 to between 37.7% and 46.7% in 1918. (“The Impact of World War I on Women’s Work | Striking Women”)
Examples of the jobs womens were occupied: Police force. Postal workers. Bus conductors. Railway workers. Delivery van drivers. Farming. Forestry workers.
Before: secretaries, receptionists or department store clerks. Gain rights to start working for their own, not as aiding people and being assitances.
They have more chance to learn about physical skills and knowledge: Lastly, the war allowed for education advancements for women. Universities became more accessible to women of proper means, and degrees became attainable. Similarly, more women were educated for the purpose of the war, and that set a precedent for future women's education in Great Britain outside of the context of war. (academic report b y the university of southern Mississippi)
Counter arugment:• Poison Gas
Threat of the society
Caused enomorous casulties countries across countries
Signified the stelegies changed after ww1
The introduction of this weapon radically changed the strategies and tactics used by militaries in the future.
During the ww1, all the guns used in the war were alter into entirely automatical-
requires less accurarcy of the use of weapon and easier for the army to train new members
The idea of the design of the machine gun is still used in mordern society
In the first day of the battle, battle of somme, more than 19,000 British deaths (and 30,000+ wounded) were the result of machine-gun fire (“Age Verification - NRA”)
Fatal to the human
used in link women with patroptism
Women rasied and encourage their children to become soilders
The women feminism ignited a wave of patriotism across the country.
Propaganda: Women have been featured prominently in propaganda campaigns as symbols of national pride and sacrifice. Images of women knitting socks for soldiers, waving flags, and working in factories have been used to promote the idea that women are essential to the war effort and to the nation as a whole.
Source 12: British Propaganda 1915 - 1918
Women were also assigned the responsibility for ordering men into war
Recruitment: Women have also been used to recruit men to join the military. During World War II, for example, the famous "Rosie the Riveter" poster was used to encourage women to work in factories while men were serving in the military. The poster featured a strong, confident woman with the slogan "We Can Do It!", promoting the idea that women were capable of taking on traditionally male roles.
After the U.S. entered the war, the posters depicting women as victims played on the traditionally masculine role as a protector of women in order to convince men to enlist in the armed forces.
I Want You Navy PosterIn other posters, women were portrayed as seductresses, inducing men to enlist in the military through their sexualization.(Smithsonian Institution)
Economic development
The labour women contributred was significant in the economic developement
Maintain the social structure: food manufacturing