American Women During World War II Analysis

Women played an important role during World War II. For this topic there are two genres that show many of women’s accomplishments earned in World War II and the difference they made for their participation. The first genre is a webpage called American Women in World War II by History Chanel. The webpage has different forms of information like videos of important events, speeches and an article. They are mostly focused in the number of women that participated in the war, some of the jobs women performed and how advertising helped recruit more women. Some awards women earned were the Congressional Gold Medals that they received for their participation in World War II in 2010. For the second genre we have the article World War II: Women and the
The reason of this webpage was because of the recent commemorations of United States women that participated in World War II and earned Congressional Golden medals for their service. The second genre that will be used is the article World War II: Women and the war by Jeanne M. Holm. It deeply talks about the jobs women performed. Women were included to all non-combatant branches of the United States forces and new branches were created to improve their performance in the
In the second genre they wanted to attract people interested in women fight for their rights, how they joined the army forces to help their country and demonstrate how strong women are. The article in the second genre informs some of the most important jobs women were in during the war. Some examples of those jobs are the Army and Navy Nurse Corps and Navy Coast Guard. The article shows the significance their jobs had and how women made a difference in the army. They showed how high ranking officials of the United States army realized they were wrong at doubting women. In first genre, the webpage wanted to tell viewers of the commemorations women recently received for their excellent performance during the war and some of the history behind how they earned the commemorations. They also showed the growth of working women during and after the war and one important propaganda United States used to recruit women, it was called “Rosie the Riveter.” This propaganda made an impact for women that weren’t sure about joining the United States armed forces. Both genres are directed to the public that is interested in the participation of women in World War II. Those viewers do not need any knowledge of World War II because the genres give essential information for the understanding of their content, they are easy