Nurses played an important role in World War I‚ helping heal those injured on the battlefield. Over 3000 canadians served as nurses in the Canadian Army Medical Corps during the first world war including Laura Gamble‚ Ruby Peterkin‚ and Anne E. Ross. One nurse who served with the Canadian military during the First World War is Laura Gamble. She was born in Wakefield‚ Quebec and worked for the Toronto General Hospital before she joined the Canadian Army Medical Corps. She served as a nurse in
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The role of women in society has changed immensely over the years. War specifically has proved as an accelerator to many of these changes. World War I was a pivotal time for women. It gave women an opportunity to prove themselves in a male-dominated society. The role of American women during World War II was just as important‚ both at home and in uniform. With the loss of their sons‚ husbands‚ fathers‚ and brothers to the overseas war‚ women were forced to make up for the lack of manpower on the
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the leader in this movement but the S.S. were the true evil in this appalling war. When Hitler was first put into the position of Chancellor he needed a strong following to help him on his path of destruction. When his plans of genocide started the Waffen S.S. became a german powerhouse and was a lead reason for many families left without a family member. During the end of the war and the only thing Hitler had planned was the final solution‚ because of this he had equipped them with top of the line
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Post-World War 1 Tensions After World War 1‚ there were many problems and unresolved issues that caused a lot of tension. The economy was at risk because many nations owed each other a lot of money. England owed the U.S. money that they borrowed for the war‚ so they decided to use the reparation money Germany owed them to pay America back. However‚ Germany didn’t have any money due to the excessive reparations‚ so they borrowed money from the U.S. This circular system eventually collapsed and the
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aspects that resulted in the decision of having the First World War. However‚ the four main causes were nationalism‚ militarism‚ imperialism and the most powerful nations around the world dividing into two alliances. I strongly believe that the cause that had the most significant effect on the outbreak of the World War was the development of alliances across the world. Nationalism is a feeling of deep loyalty to one’s people and homeland which was very common among people living in Europe. Men were willing
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IWorld War I (WWI)‚ which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939‚ and the First World War or World War I thereafter‚ was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. It involved all the world’s great powers‚[5] which were assembled in two opposing alliances: the Allies (centred around the Triple Entente of the United Kingdom‚ France and Russia) and the Central Powers (originally centred around the Triple
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era of interventionism. World War I had devastating impacts globally. The aftermath of the war included enormous military casualties‚ civilians losses and economic burden on the major belligerents. American loans to the Allies was never fully repaid when Britain and France were unable to collect reparation payments from German satisfactorily. In addition‚ many Americans were disillusioned that the original intention of the war — “make the world safe for democracy‚” was not achieved. The disappointment
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a fault to just one country for World War One. The start of the war was in 1914‚ but there was no set date to when the nations to irritate one another. Some say that the feud started at the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Others believe that Russia had started the war by dragging in Britain‚ Germany‚ and France when mobilizing on their border. One way or another‚ the Germans were a major factor World War One and should get responsibility
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The past few years‚ society has gone through many changes. Society has changed for the better in many ways‚ yet the negatives over power the positives. America has been a great country for a long time. The American dream has been looked after for centuries but it seems as if now‚ it is harder to achieve than ever. These not so positive changes are seen through a lack of education‚ lack of imagination‚ and lack of individuality. This so called “American dream” is almost impossible to achieve‚ because
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If I could change one thing about what I see in the world I would not know where to start because there are so many issues with the world I wish I could change. Although there are many choices to pick from‚ I really wish I could change society. The people in this world are very selfish and inconsiderate to everyone surrounding them. My biggest issue with society is how it is based on appearance. People are so quick to judge everyone on what they wear or what they look like. I wish people were
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