Unit 6 Assignment Outline and Template
Women in the Arm Services
Ozell Hickman Jr.
SS310: Exploring the 1960’s: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Women in the Arm Services
Women have service in the Arm Service since before the Revolutionary War. During the Mexican-American war, a woman named Elizabeth Newcom poses as a man marched over 600 miles with her unit before she was discovered to be a woman and was discharged. Most women worked for the military as clerks, nurses, and workers in factories to do their part for the war effort. In 1901 the Army created the Army Nurse Corps followed by the Navy in 1909.
During World War II the armed forces enlisted and utilize women in nearly all jobs that weren’t combat related. But, women were not allowed to hold a rank higher the Lt. Col and had to leave the military if they had kids. Anna Mae Hays was the first woman in the United States Armed Forces to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1970.
Women have served with honor in the United States military. Today women can serve and command combat units, fly armed military aircrafts and flown in space. Today’s women in the military service can do more than change bandage or do clerical work.
Other countries have a more tolerant outlook of women serving in their military; in 1985 the Royal Norwegian Nave became the first navy in the world to allow women to serve on submarines, in 1995 they had their first submarine Captain (Highbeam).
References
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5882245.html
Ozell Hickman Jr.
SS310: Exploring the 1960’s: An Interdisciplinary Approach
Women in the Arm Services
Women have service in the Arm Service since before the Revolutionary War. During the Mexican-American war, a woman named Elizabeth Newcom poses as a man marched over 600 miles with her unit before she was discovered to be a woman and was discharged. Most women worked for the military as clerks, nurses, and workers in factories to do their part for the war effort. In 1901 the Army created the Army Nurse Corps followed by the Navy in 1909.
During World War II the armed forces enlisted and utilize women in nearly all jobs that weren’t combat related. But, women were not allowed to hold a rank higher the Lt. Col and had to leave the military if they had kids. Anna Mae Hays was the first woman in the United States Armed Forces to be promoted to the rank of Brigadier General in 1970.
Women have served with honor in the United States military. Today women can serve and command combat units, fly armed military aircrafts and flown in space. Today’s women in the military service can do more than change bandage or do clerical work.
Other countries have a more tolerant outlook of women serving in their military; in 1985 the Royal Norwegian Nave became the first navy in the world to allow women to serve on submarines, in 1995 they had their first submarine Captain (Highbeam).
References
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-5882245.html