Introduction; Thesis statement: Canadian women had many duties during WW2 after the men had left for battle. - Women always had a "ladylike" image that they were expected to fit. -The involvement of Canadian women in WW2 was one of the most important primary steps towards Canadas current state of gender equality‚ because those women took on a untraditonal military role that back then you would NEVER expect a women to take on‚ challenged social stereotypes and refused to return to traditional
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Even before WWII had begun women all across Canada commenced volunteer associations to help better their understanding of military systems. The dedication of these women was seen by the government but not addressed until they saw the demand of man forces needed overseas. The Canadian Government began assembling branches of armed forces (RCAMC‚ CAC‚ and RCN‚ RCAF) for women known as The Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division‚ Canadian Women’s Army Corps‚ Royal Canadian Medical Corps (nursing sister)
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Women in Uniform and Out As the war raged across Europe‚ America came to the realization that in order to win they were going to have to change how they thought about women. During the first year of the war women were allowed to do very few jobs for the armed forces‚ this however changed the following year. America saw that it did not have enough man to do all the jobs that men were needed for and the only answer to this problem was to have women take over were they could. During the war a
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Do you agree with the view that the British soldier’s life in the trenches of the Western Front during the First World War was one of unbroken horror? Trench conditions varied widely between different theatres of war‚ different sectors within a theatre‚ and with the time of year and weather. Trench life was however always one of considerable squalor‚ with so many men living in a very constrained space. Source 7 supports this by saying “troops fell prey to dysentery and trench fever as a result of
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additional men began to sign up for the war (an approximate 750‚000 in one month)‚ thus causing a need for a steady supply of food‚ and causing the prices of bread and meat to increase slowly‚ as the army began to consume large quantities of food. During 1915‚ Britain relied on importation of goods with 80% of wheat‚ 40% of meat and almost all sugar being imported‚ with this reliance becoming a hindrance after the German ‘U Boats’ began to attack British trade routs. Furthermore‚
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War I‚ out of an adult population of about 24 million women‚ around 1.7 million worked in domestic service‚ 800‚000 worked in the textile manufacturing industry‚ 600‚000 worked in the clothing trades‚ 500‚000 worked in commerce and 260‚000 in local and national government (including teaching).[1] The British textile and clothing trades‚ in particular‚ employed far more women than men and could be regarded as ’women’s work’.[1] While some women managed to receive a tertiary education and others to
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Warner History April 23th‚ 2013 Canadian Life during the Great Depression Canadians were faced with many challenges during the Great Depression in the 1930s. The biggest challenges were the drought in the prairies‚ unemployment and being able to provide. It was a tough time to live in for Canadians and many other people around the world. Firstly‚ one of the challenges Canadians faced during the Great Depression was the disastrous drought in Saskatchewan. Canadians had to face the bitter cold winters
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The impact of volunteering and conscription on Britain during the First World War Volunteering and conscription both played very big roles in the lives of the British population during the war‚ and for a long time after it was over. The war itself had a huge impact on both society and the economy of Britain‚ so it is not surprising that volunteering and conscription both had a profound impact on the British people. The war broke out on the 3rd of August 1914‚ and Britain only had a small professional
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media in various ways during the First World War‚ to manipulate the public to support their purpose. The reason that the majority of people in the US had common views throughout the First World War was because of the media influence. When the US was under the neutrality agreement‚ the media helped people feel good about being neutral. However‚ when the time came for the US to join the war‚ the media suddenly changed and tried to gain public support in favor of joining the war. During the war‚ however
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The Great War had significant and enduring influence on the lives of all British women. The huge scale of the war resulted in the enormous participation of almost six million men and subsequently an extensive demand for female labour in the manufacturing and services industries. The war resulted in massive social upheaval particularly on the lives women who attained greater freedom despite tighter Government controls. Women’s lives were upturned as they were thrust into the labour‚ social and economic
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