USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Women in World War I could only serve in the Army as nurses. EXPLANATION: Women were deployed on all fields in massive numbers during World War I. The great majority of these women were recruited into the civilian labor force to replace enlisted men and serve in large-scale factories producing weapons.

Detailed explanation-2: -Most women Yeomen served stateside on naval bases, replacing men who had deployed to Europe. While many female recruits performed clerical duties, some worked as truck drivers, mechanics, radio operators, telephone operators, translators, camouflage artists and munition workers.

Detailed explanation-3: -Those stationed on hospital ships received the wounded throughout the Gallipoli campaign in 1915. Nurses also cared for the wounded on hospital camps at Alexandria and Malta and later, at Lemnos Island. Conditions on hospital ships ranged from very difficult to impossible due to a lack of staff and medical provisions.

Detailed explanation-4: -Some 21, 498 women enlisted and served in the U.S. Army as nurses during World War I. They were stationed in military hospitals in the United States and overseas. They were positioned near battlefields where they tended to over a million soldiers who were wounded or who were unwell.

Detailed explanation-5: -Over 22, 000 professionally-trained female nurses were recruited by the American Red Cross to serve in the U.S. Army between 1917 and 1919-and over 10, 000 of these served near the Western Front.