War and Its Effect On Women
War and Its Effect On Women
World War I was a difficult conflict that lasted from July 28th, 1914 to November 11, 1918. This war involved all of the major powers of that point in time and played a large role in the lives of many men, women, children, and the general society of many countries as it was the first total war to occur. As more men began to be deployed, the many militant countries fell to the strong impact of the lack of work, rationing, propaganda, censorship and much more. With the many of the men varied from teenagers all the way to the elderly deployed to the front, families were left in suffering and more specifically, the women. Through the constant fear, and suffering emotionally, economically, and socially, the women liberated themselves changing their lives for years to come.
Prior to the first World War, women were found in superior to men in many countries around the world, this can be observed through the Women’s Civil Right Movement in Britain just before the war. The role of a woman in the “Working class” was to be housewives and to carry out the chores and produce and take care of the offspring. Generally, the women of the working class never fully received an education; only those of a higher class and of a wealthy family received this priority. Once the international conflict imploded, this all began to change.
Once the War began, the women were left to their average duties, much housework with the added concern for their husband’s safety. As the war was only said to be last for six months, until the end of the year, the concern from the women was not very great. However, as the war went passed its estimated length of time, the concern began to grow. As the mortality rate grew larger, the need for soldier grew. In Britain, conscription was enforced to recruit more men to fight on the front, in the beginning the conscription only applied to young, single men however as war grew larger and more lives were taken in Trenches
World War I was a difficult conflict that lasted from July 28th, 1914 to November 11, 1918. This war involved all of the major powers of that point in time and played a large role in the lives of many men, women, children, and the general society of many countries as it was the first total war to occur. As more men began to be deployed, the many militant countries fell to the strong impact of the lack of work, rationing, propaganda, censorship and much more. With the many of the men varied from teenagers all the way to the elderly deployed to the front, families were left in suffering and more specifically, the women. Through the constant fear, and suffering emotionally, economically, and socially, the women liberated themselves changing their lives for years to come.
Prior to the first World War, women were found in superior to men in many countries around the world, this can be observed through the Women’s Civil Right Movement in Britain just before the war. The role of a woman in the “Working class” was to be housewives and to carry out the chores and produce and take care of the offspring. Generally, the women of the working class never fully received an education; only those of a higher class and of a wealthy family received this priority. Once the international conflict imploded, this all began to change.
Once the War began, the women were left to their average duties, much housework with the added concern for their husband’s safety. As the war was only said to be last for six months, until the end of the year, the concern from the women was not very great. However, as the war went passed its estimated length of time, the concern began to grow. As the mortality rate grew larger, the need for soldier grew. In Britain, conscription was enforced to recruit more men to fight on the front, in the beginning the conscription only applied to young, single men however as war grew larger and more lives were taken in Trenches
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