03+Women’s+roles+Period+3

Jessie Werlinger

Introduction: The womens role in world war one and today are diffrent and similar in certain ways. There as some big diffrences, now women can accauly be in combat and in world war one they werent allowed to. Also women have diffrent respect then they did back they. There are also some similarties, like women were able to drive trucks, fly airplains/work on airplanes.

Issue 1: (What did woman do actually in the war)

Many women in world war one worked in assembly lines in the factories making, tanks, trunks, and ammunitions. Also in the Middle and upper class woman organized charity jobs which had women volunteering in huge numbers to be a military nurses. The France nurses were allowed to become ambulance drives, to help the wounded. In France by the end of the war, there was 70,000 volunteering nurses which was twice as many then regular nurses helping the wounded. (westwell and westwood)

The women today are serving as truck drivers, gunners, medics, military police, and helicopter pilots, radio operators, electronic warfare repair technicians, crew members aboard hospital, supply, oiler and ammunition of shops. (Summers,Jr, Harry G.)



Issue 2: (What did the woman do when they were working in their home countries)

In the work force about sixty percent of the males went to the armed forces. This gave great new opportunities to the women, and especially in new or expanded ammunition factories. In France some employers such as banks and railroads, offered jobs to the wife’s or daughters of their drafted male workers. The plan kept jobs in the family and reassured the departing male that his work would be there when he returned, and it also kept an eye on his family for him well he was away. (westwell and westwood)  Today when woman come home from duty they tend to have post traumatic stress syndrome. They also will have the images or sexual assault they got, and they will imagine all the things that happened when they were away during the war that they were sent to. Also some of them may have had amputations when they got something blown off or injured and was not fixable. They may feel as if they are not good enough for the children to be able to play with like they were use to, they have a lower self esteem of what people are thinking.

Issue 3:(Woman in uniform)

In world war one women played a greater role than in previous wars. The women started to realize that they were just as capable as men, but the only major role that the women weren’t allowed to do was play the front line soldier. It was surprising to see a woman in uniform because they usually weren’t seen in the war scene. However the women had to replace some of the men’s jobs. The uniformed women drove automobiles and also attended to the maintenance of the automobiles. Britain thought that women wearing British army clothing or working in the industry must be lesbians and implicitly somehow not worthy of taking a part in the countries effort toward the war. (westwell and wetwood)

The women today are serving as truck drivers, gunners, medics, military police, and helicopter pilots. The pentagon has a rule that says that women are not allowed to be assigned to ground combat units, which means that can’t serve special operations commandos. The women are allowed to join combat branches like infantry, armor, Special Forces and most field artillery and also doing the supporting jobs while living with the smaller areas. They can lead small male troops into combat as officers, but they aren’t allowed to serve in the battle with them. Today the number of women has increased in serving in the military, in 2002 woman nearly served 170,000 duties in Iraq and Afghanistan, which they are still expanding the role for women. (ALVAREZ, LIZETTE., Martin, Rachel. , Norris, Michele.)



Conclusion: The war in world war on and the war today have changed a lot. In world war one women were treated very poorly and weren't treated as equal as the men. Today women and men have the same rights, such as being in the army, operating the machines, being a pilot, being in combat. Also the women and men do get along a lot better today than they did in world war one. The men and women do the same things and don't get treated any differently then one another. There are more women fighting in the war today then there were in world war one. Also women don’t work in factories as much as they use to back then. Mostly women now a day are out doing the same thing as the men.

Work cited: Ian Westwell, and John Westwood, eds. //Home Fronts, Technologies of War//. New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2002. Print.

Summers,Jr, Harry G. "Persian Gulf War Alamanag." //Women In THe Military//. New York: Facts On File, 1995. 263. Print.

Norris, Michele. "Female Soldier Reflects on Injuries, Military Service : NPR." //NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR//. 05 Oct. 07. Web. 24 Feb. 2011

Martin, Rachel. "Women In War: 'I've Lived Out There With The Guys' : NPR." //NPR : National Public Radio : News & Analysis, World, US, Music & Arts : NPR//. Web. 22 Feb. 2011.

ALVAREZ, LIZETTE. "G.I. Jane Breaks the Combat Barrier." The New York times, 15 Aug. 2009. Web. Feb.-Mar. 2011

Image work cited: Introduction: Us Navy Seals. "Panel Advises That Women Should Be Allowed To Serve in Combat | Navy SEALs Blog by USNavySEALs.com." //US Navy SEALs Blog//. 15 Jan. 2011. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Issue one(world war one): [] <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Issue one(today): "Pictures of Women in the Military/police(Before Posting Read the 1st Post!!!)." //Military Photos. Net//. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Issue two(world war one): <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Issue two(today): Vlahos, Kelley B. "Jailed Mom Symbolizes the Rot of War by Kelley B. Vlahos -- Antiwar.com." //Antiwar.com Original Articles//. 04 Dec. 2009. Web. 24 Feb. 2011. <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Issue three(world war one): <span style="font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">[] <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Issue three(today): "Pictures of Women in the Military/police(Before Posting Read the 1st Post!!!)." //Military Photos. Net//. Web. 24 Feb. 2011.