Women In World War 1

Women in North America, during World War One, had to face various problems and obstacles. However, the biggest problems women had to face during the World War One were political, social, and economical problems. Women were mistreated by men and did not feel like they had what was necessary to be as powerful as they wanted to be. Only after the war did Women get the rights they deserved. Furthermore, only after the war did women get recognized for their struggle and only then did people start to notice that they were not treating women right.

Political issues started to rise for women before World War One began. Most women were usually married by the age of twenty and soon after, at this young age, had a family. Men that were married had no
Social issues were the biggest struggle women had to deal with before, during, and even after the War for a short period of time. In 1891, before the war actually started, men used to beat their wives with sticks and were able to lock them in a room if they had wished (Tenzin Sungrab). Men had all the power over women, and the women could not stand up or do anything about it. When world war one broke out in 1914, the government cared so much about the war they didn’t pay attention to the fact that women were involved in the war and that females were participating, not just males participating like they wanted it to be. Women even got the right to vote in some cases, if one of their relatives was serving for that country. Some of the Jewish women that really cared about the soldiers and not the problems going on in the war brought Hanukkah gift boxes to the soldiers and if any of the soldiers kept kosher for Passover, the women would bring them food to eat. This was all to show the men that the women were capable of doing things to help the war effort. Therefore, on one hand, women were being mistreated by their husbands and didn’t have any right at “home” and on the other hand, women started to receive rights as a result of their involvement in the War and of them helping and working in “men” jobs. Social issues had the biggest impact on women because a lot of women got affected by this emotionally.
It made women feel like they could not be who they wanted to be and that they were forced to do things they wanted to. Ever since the war ended people started to look back at how people treated women and women got recognized for their courage and all the hard things they went through. Now women have the rights they need and are treated properly and respectfully like they always needed to