Women and World War II Eighteen million women worked in the work force during World War II. World War II caused a change on how women were being portrayed. As a result of the war‚ they took on different gender roles; the military created divisions where women could serve; and women’s rights were affected. Traditionally‚ women were usually found at home as a mother‚ a wife‚ a teacher and as a housekeeper. Women were discouraged from working ‚ while men would leave the home to work and provide
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World War One did a lot of great things for women. Before the war‚ women didn’t have a lot of rights and they were thought of as weak compared to men. With the war going on‚ it meant that women had to take over a number of traditionally “male” roles. Their ability to do this led to change in attitude‚ women became more confident in their ability to influence people to have their say. They learnt to juggle home and family‚ and manage financially. This all led to women believing in themselves and they
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America’s involvement in World War II. While the rest of the world was at war‚ America stayed neutral until the attack on Pearl Harbor which ironically was intended as a preventive action towards America’s involvement in the war. After the attack‚ America entered the war‚ a war that the Americans were not prepared for. America just has gotten out of the Great Depression in the 30s and was still recovering. The war brought about draft and new job opportunities for men and women. Nancy Potter‚ a teen
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During World War 2 (1939-1945)‚ American men left their home to defend their country against Hitler and the Japanese Empire. Since the majority of the male workers left‚ many jobs were in demand to support the troops with supplies. Until this time women were frustrated at not being able to actively contribute to the war efforts because of law and traditions. The vacant jobs allowed the women to give their energy‚ time‚ and even some gave up their lives as well as sacrificing their sons‚ brothers
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opportunities that arose for women during World War I had deteriorated when the war ended. The jobs that women had taken over were now reserved for men when they got back. Some states even banned women labor forces from employment. After the war had ended‚ women went back home to continue their roles as wives and mothers. When Germany invaded Poland in September of 1939‚ women again began pursuing careers that would help the war effort. Following the beginning of the war‚ more women made it their mission
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Before World War II women were limited in their social‚ political and economic rights. Women were unable to earn a wage comparable to men. Women were also greatly limited for career opportunities when compared men. Due to women’ expectations of getting married‚ raising kids‚ and taking of the home‚ women did not have much representation outside of the domicile. The war changed American politics‚ economics and social rights for women. At the beginning of the war‚ there was a drastic increase
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account the relationship between the speaker‚ audience and subject (subject statement). This will be demonstrated by analysing the rhetorical techniques being skilfully utilized in Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech‚ ’The keynote Address to the Beijing World Conference on women". Aung‚ the leader of the National League of Democracy in Burma and globally known as a political activist for democracy and human rights‚ has been awarded several prizes‚ including the Nobel Peace Prize. But due to her international influence
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Elia Kazan’s portrayal of good and evil in ’On the Waterfront’ is more than it meets the eye. Good and Evil appear in seperate characters and also at different times on the same characters. More importantly‚ Elia Kazan gets an important message across; No character is truly evil. Good is symbolised in numerous ways throughought the film. The church is one such example of this. It represents the highest order of purity and goodness‚ yet it is always on the background of the film. During
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World War II has affected the whole world in huge ways‚ from economics to finances. The Germans were to ones to start the war in 1939 and the U.S. didn’t get involved until 1941; 2 years after the war started. When the U.S. entered the war‚ many men were drafted for the war and left a lot of job openings that needed to be filled. Because of the lack of men in the workforce‚ the presence of working women increased during World War II; and it was the first time women had a chance to prove that they
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replaced by women. Women filled many jobs brought into existence by wartime needs. As a result the number of women employed increased from 3‚224‚600 in July‚ 1914 to 4‚814‚600 in January 1918. Nearly 200‚000 women were employed in government departments. Half a million became clerical workers in private offices. Women worked as conductors on trams and buses. A quarter of a million worked on the land. The greatest increase of women workers was in engineering. Over 700‚000 of these women worked in the
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