USA HISTORY

AMERICAN IMPERIALISM(1890 1919)

THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I

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How did many women show strength and independence during World War 1?

(A) by serving in the U.S. congress.

(B) by fighting with the Army in France

(C) by going to college in large numbers.

(D) ** by working in jobs left by men in the military.

EXPLANATIONS BELOW

Concept note-1: -With millions of men away from home, women filled manufacturing and agricultural positions on the home front. Others provided support on the front lines as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, translators and, in rare cases, on the battlefield.

Concept note-2: -Women contributed mostly on the home front, but more than 80, 000 also served in Britain’s Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps as nurses, mechanics, cooks or ambulance drivers. An emblematic few were exposed to the danger of war, as soldiers or spies.

Concept note-3: -The high demand for weapons resulted in the munitions factories becoming the largest single employer of women during 1918. Though there was initial resistance to hiring women for what was seen as ‘men’s work’, the introduction of conscription in 1916 made the need for women workers urgent.