HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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Question
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women enlisted in the military with the men
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women’s roles didn’t change, they continued to stay at home and care for the children
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women took jobs in the workforce when men joined the military
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women enrolled in school to improve their education
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Detailed explanation-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.
Detailed explanation-2: -There were nurses, civilian volunteers, and writers who stood in solidarity with their male counterparts to serve the country they believed in. These women of the Civil War courageously fought not only the enemy soldiers but the traditional expectations of a 19th century gentlewoman.
Detailed explanation-3: -’ The war did offer women increased opportunities in the paid labour market. Between 1914 and 1918, an estimated two million women replaced men in employment, resulting in an increase in the proportion of women in total employment from 24 per cent in July 1914 to 37 per cent by November 1918.
Detailed explanation-4: -Women workers were appreciated in factories because they were “adept at working in small spaces and remaining focused while preforming repetitive tasks” (Partners at Winning the War). The factories that produced war goods “paid higher wages, which attracted many women” (American Women in WWII).
Detailed explanation-5: -How did women and minorities join in the war effort? Women and minorities joined war effort by serving in military, even if not in combat. How did the war change life at home? Factories changed to war production, women and African Americans got jobs, and the media turned to patriotic products.