The focus of this paper will be on nursing during the First World War‚ also known as the Great War. Nursing during the war gave new opportunities for women during the war. The roles they took on during the war gave some difficulties along with those new opportunities. The first part of this essay will focus on nursing and how it became a profession. We will then examine the different situations women faced during the war as nurses. By looking at the situations that women faced‚ including the struggles
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typical job for a woman before war world one. Due to the passing of labor laws and movements that women formed‚ women have had an increase in their participation in the workforce. However‚ there were still restraints on what positions is much more acceptable or suitable for women while men were going to war‚ women’s role slowly begin to change and left a mark on history. According to Britannica‚ World War I‚ which is also referred to as the first world war or the great war‚ was “an International conflict
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World War II began on June 22‚ in 1941. Three million solders from Germany began to attack the soviet union. People say that the war was supposed to only last two or three months‚ but it eventually went from three months‚ to five months‚ then nine months‚ and eventually it lasted four years. In the first part of World War II‚ Germany did not want to have a long war‚ so they came up with a strategy /to avoid a long war. Germany’s strategy was to limit the fighting by fighting their opponents in short
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Overpopulation in the Prison System Overpopulation in the Prison System has been a growing concern in society. An explanation for this is the rise in crime over the past years. As the crime rate increases so do the amount of convictions‚ which leads to more incarcerations and overpopulation in the Prison System. The cause for the increase in crime over recent years has been partly attributed to the disappearance of jobs. Many people have been victims in the struggle to find jobs. When faced with
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Regeneration During the First World War‚ soldiers were affected by certain stereotypes that they were expected to uphold such as being strong‚ brave and willing to die for their country. To avoid these stereotypes‚ was to commit yourself to the public’s scrutiny. This had a major physiological effects‚ on the soldiers that were returning from war with or without‚ mental illnesses. The publics perception on the soldiers returning was influenced by the “media” at that time‚ which was stigmatising them
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Another innovation which was equally significant during the war was Medication which had a huge impact on the survival rates of soldiers. Due to new weapons used in World War One such as Artillery‚ soldiers were more than likely to be injured and World War One saw as many as 38 million military and civilian casualties. Soldiers not only were exposed to the dangers of injuries to their heads‚ arms‚ torso‚ and most commonly legs‚ there was also a huge risk of infection due to the terrain of the trenches
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During World War I‚ the defensive weapons used by the German were way more advanced than the offensive weapons of the U.S and their allies. Although the U.S came out on top breaking through the German defenses and forcing their troops to retreat to their trenches‚ we suffered a great amount of casualties. The lost battalion went into Argon Forest with approximately six hundred men‚ they left with over four hundred dog tags and less than two hundred men because of the defensive lines advanced armory
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World war 2 (WW2) was a worldwide war that lasted 6 years. From September 1st‚ 1949 to september 2nd‚ 1945. Many countries and and people were affected from this war. Millions of soldiers and civilians were dead. The second world war had become the deadliest war in history. The war’s fatality number was around 50 through 85 million according to wikipedia. That’s around 70% of the people involved. Although it is said to have been started in 1939‚ the Pacific had already been at war with China around
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freedom of speech and expression -- everywhere in the world. 2. The second is freedom of every person to worship God in his own way -- everywhere in the world. 3. The third is freedom from want -- which‚ translated into world terms‚ means economic understandings which will secure to every nation a healthy peacetime life for its inhabitants -- everywhere in the world. 4. The fourth is freedom from fear -- which‚ translated into world terms‚ means a world-wide reduction of armaments to such a point and
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involvement in event of a war with members of the Triple Entente (Britain‚ France and Russia). The Italian Government introduced military conscription in 1907. However‚ only about 25 per cent of those eligible for conscription received training and by 1912 there were only 300‚000 men in the Italian Army. Over 5.2 million men served in the Italian Army during the First World War. Italy’s total wartime casualties was 420‚000 killed and almost 955‚000 wounded. After the war Benito Mussolini attacked
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