Women´s role in ww1

How did World War I change women's roles in the United States?

• Women received greater educational opportunities.

• World War I change women’s roles in the United States as Women replaced men in the workforce.

• Women earned more money than men

• All of the above

The Role of women during WW1

• WW1 had a big impact on the suffrage movement (for suffragettes and suffragists). During the progressive era (1890-1920) women played more active roles in the larger economic, cultural, and political transformation of America Society.

• Women served in dangerous roles in the U.S. military.

• Approximately 350,000 American women joined the military during World War I

• During WWI (1914-1918), large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war.

What was the Women´s work in WW1

• The nations at war mobilized their entire populations. The side that could produce more weapons and supply more troops would prevail in the end. Women took on new roles in the work force, notably in war production and agriculture.

• Following women’s demands for equal pay, a Committee was set up by the War Cabinet in 1917 to examine the question of women’s wages and released its final report after the war ended (Report of the War Cabinet Committee on Women in Industry, Cmd 135, 1919, p.2).

• Women’s employment rates increased during WWI, from 23.6% of the working age population in 1914 to between 37.7% and 46.7% in 1918 (Braybon 1989, p.49).

• women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war.

women were drafted into the civilian work force to work for men

• FALSE

• TRUE

During World War I, name two places women worked.

• Shipyards

• Factories

• Setting up barbed wire

• Home

World War I was the first time the U.S. Navy and Marines sent women overseas as nurses.

• True

• False

• Depends

• All of the above

During World War I, women working as nurses had a rank.

• Yes because how good they are

• No

Name 3 positions enlisted women held during World War I, NOT including nurses.

• Clerks

• Telephone operators

• Technicians

• Soldiers

During World War I, women's positions broadened the role of the military.

• True

• False

During World War I, the U.S. Army enlisted women.

• True

• False