Women played an important role during World War II. For this topic there are two genres that show many of women’s accomplishments earned in World War II and the difference they made for their participation. The first genre is a webpage called American Women in World War II by History Chanel. The webpage has different forms of information like videos of important events‚ speeches and an article. They are mostly focused in the number of women that participated in the war‚ some of the jobs women performed
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.........................................................................1 2. Main position of the experts..............................................................................6 3. Conclusion.........................................................................................................8 4. Works cited............................................................................................10 2 1 Introduction There is a lot of controversy surrounding the atomic bombs
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2 years after WW II started‚ the government made the work force open to women to help contribute to the war from home. The women mainly served clerical jobs such as farmers‚ canteen servers‚ Red Cross nurses‚ and in the war industries. A few years after‚ the National Defense Headquarters began allowing women to work in uniform such as the air force‚ army corps‚ and naval services. Since the women took on such a strong role during the war as workers‚ and in uniform‚ it impacted women then‚ and now
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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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each other and fighting to the best of what toddlers can do. Their respective mothers pick up the child belonging to them and end the small war. Although at an extremely basic scale‚ this is essentially how war begins in the world we live in today. Neighboring countries begin to dispute and attempt to influence the other country to join their ideology of living life. If the other country resists‚ a war may be initiated. The attacking country may feel as what they are doing is right while the defending
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empire too‚ they took over Manchuria‚ and Northern China. ii) Then they went into the heartland of China and expected a quick victory‚ but when the resistance was stronger than they expected‚ and the war dragged on‚ their economy was under stress iii) They looked south toward European colonies of Southeast Asia 2) Surprise Attack on Pearl Harbor iv) Americans cracked the Japanese code and were aware on invasion plans into southeast asia v) The u.s. worried
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with this statement? The first World War‚ better known as World War I or the Great War‚ began in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his expecting wife‚ Sophie‚ in Sarajevo‚ Bosnia during an open top parade. Despite the trauma that the First World War resonated throughout the globe‚ it led to a number of developments and innovations in society such as the rights of women‚ the end of class system‚ various form of arts influenced by the war such as poetry‚ music and paintings
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Prior to World War II‚ a woman’s place was at home. Women stayed at home‚ primarily taking care of their children and husbands. The workforce virtually consisted of only men‚ even single women generally did not hold jobs. If women did work‚ it was for very little money‚ less than half of what men earned. Some occupations were actually reserved for men‚ and companies were allowed to not hire women just because of their gender. Most companies would not hire women. Some states even barred women
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SanJaya Reed Mr. McCormick AP US History 4A 10 November 2014 The Effect of the French and Indian War The French and Indian War was the start of independence for America. It began in 1756 and ended due to the Treat of Paris in 1763. Although America gained territorial growth‚ the aftermath of the war greatly affected Great Britain and the British colonies because of the British’s large debt that lead to taxation on colonists’ goods and the American colonists’ accumulating admiration to acquire independence
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after the fight was over‚ basic ideas about gender remained rather consistent throughout the war because women’s hard work and labor during the war‚ was doing their part and what they could to support the war effort. Countries also addressed and honored women and mothers‚ as the representatives of domestic as well as family life. As well males were still the symbol for nations of war and combat. During WWI there was a lot of analysis as to what the male and female roles played during WWI‚ besides the
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