WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following statements is true regarding the role of women during World War I?
A
They focused their efforts on ending the war.
B
They kept their nation’s economies going during the war.
C
Their role differed very little from their role during peace time.
D
They contributed little to the war effort.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Which statement best describes the role of women at the front lines of World War I? Women were applauded for their roles as nurses in army hospitals. Which of the following was an element of the USSR’s constitution?

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -Which statement is true about the women who worked during World War II? Women of various ages and skills took wartime jobs.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most women labored in the clerical and service sectors where women had worked for decades, but the wartime economy created job opportunities for women in heavy industry and wartime production plants that had traditionally belonged to men.

Detailed explanation-5: -They served as stenographers, clerks, radio operators, messengers, truck drivers, ordnance workers, mechanics cryptographers and all other non-combat shore duty roles, free thousands of sailors to join the fleet. In all 11, 272 Women joined the US Navy for the duration of the war.

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