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Women's Role in WW1

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During World War 1 women played a vital role in keeping the world social and economically stable. As men went out to fight and were more remembered to the present-day women had roles to play and help in the war. As men weren’t at home to work women had to work and keep businesses running and manage their homes. Women had passion and wanted to fight so they enrolled. It is believed that 350,000 women enrolled to serve their country. Women were a strong fighting force in WW1.

Figure 7- Women Making Ammunition for WW1

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How Women Helped

Overall women played a vital role in World War 1 and helped and saved many lives throughout the four year period. Women are not as commended as men were for there envolvement in war but they helped equally as much. From helping make bullets to saving lives the women were the driving force behind the war.

In World War 1 women would help support the soldiers in any way possible and to show they supported the country. A common thing that women did to help was fundraise and donate. Women would sell knitted clothing and edible goods to people to help soldiers on the front lines. The money made would go towards supplies for the soldiers and food to feed families. Another thing that women did to help in WW1 was send letters. Fighting in war brough separation and anxiety from being away from their loved ones. Women would send letters to the soldiers to keep them in good spirits and to ease the ongoing stress and pain from war.

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Why was women’s role in the World War 1 important and what changed for women after WW1?

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Women Mistreated

Famous Women In WW1

During World War 1 women were heavily abused and mistreated. As countries invaded other country women were the top of soldiers list for fun. In WW1 German soldiers were known to have mistreated and abused women from Belgium and France during the war as they often fought in the other sides territory. They would sexually interact with the women without their permission and as a result of the rape cases during World War 1 there were hundreds of children that were born with a German father.

Edith Cavell is one of the most honoured people of WW1. Born in Swardeston, United Kingdom on the 4 of December 1865 Edith dreamt of being a nurse and was sent by the government to help treat soldiers on the frontlines. Edith Cavell is believed to off saved over 200 soldiers during World War 1. It’s not how many lives Edith saved it was who she saved. Edith Cavell didn’t just save British Soldiers she saved Soldiers from other enemy countries such as soldiers from Germany. Edith Cavell also helped 200 allied soldiers escape German war camps. Although she was remembered for this brave act the Germans saw it as treason and a war crime. The Germans captured Edith and formed to firing squads and they brutally shot Edith Cavell to death.

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Nurses

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Undercover Spies

WW1 was a cause of a mass number of casualties across the entire world because of WW1 many people also got wounded. As a result of all the wounded men there needed to be medics and people to help treat the injured and sick soldiers. Women were trained and qualified for being a nurse and over 22,000 American female nurses and 2861 female nurses from Australia were recruited to treat injured soldiers. Women played a vital role in the war because they saved countless of lives and treated many others. It is believed over the span WW1 Australian women aided many patients and set up many medical clinics across the battlefields, risking their own lives to help soldiers.

Women's New Jobs

Women in WW1 had many different roles. Some women turned away from war and other women played their role in war. As women during the time were traditionally known as innocent housewives, they were the least expected person to be a spy. One of the most famous female spies during World War 1 was Mata Hari. She was born in the Netherlands and married a Dutch East Indies now known as Indonesia. She was hired by the German government to use her looks to find out answers and spy on the opposing countries. Although she was caught and in 1915 executed by a French army gun squad.

Before war women were considered as traditional housewives and the men did the work. As men were away fighting in the war it opened way for a major increase in women work roles. As businesses needed workers, they used different types of marketing strategies to acquire women’s help and get them convinced to work. In the United Kingdom during WW1 the government made a list that stated what jobs women could do. Some of these jobs were, export trade, ambulance drivers, agricultural working and jobs based around the war such as doctors, nurses, language translator and sometimes fighting on the battlefield.

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