USA HISTORY

During World War I, many American women helped gain support for the suffrage movement by

(A) protesting against the war

(B) joining the military service

(C) ** working in wartime industries

(D) lobbying for child-care facilities

Concept note-1: -The mainstream suffragists’ decision to focus on the nation’s needs during this time of crisis proved to help their cause. Their activities in support of the war helped convince many Americans, including President Woodrow Wilson, that all of the country’s female citizens deserved the right to vote.

Concept note-2: -World War I Bolstered Global Suffrage Movements Women’s massive participation in the war effort led, in part, to a wave of global suffrage in the wake of the war. Women got the right to vote in Canada in 1917, in Britain, Germany, and Poland in 1918, and in Austria and the Netherlands in 1919.

Concept note-3: -When America entered the Great War, the number of women in the workforce increased. Their employment opportunities expanded beyond traditional women’s professions, such as teaching and domestic work, and women were now employed in clerical positions, sales, and garment and textile factories.