Women's Standards,Sterotypes
& the Importance of World War l
From the beginning of time the woman were assumed to take on the maternal role and were assumed to have a nurturing impact on their families. They cooked, cleaned, and focused their whole lives on their spouse and their children. This all changed in the First World War when men left their families to fight overseas. No one could fill their jobs except for the women left behind. The labor of women was not only wanted but was a necessity to have successfully win the war. Women had no choice but to modify and changed their mentality of what society conformed them to be previously. This change was significant and remarkable to future women entering the labor force.
Timeline of Woman in the Workplace
"Before World War I, women had been excluded from many jobs. However, the wartime need for labor brought over a million more women into the work force. For
women, as for the rest of society, World War I brought about far-reaching changes." -The Americans Recostruction to the 21st Century
"President Wilson Acknowledged, 'The services of women during the supreme crisis have been of the most signal usefulness and distinction; it is high time that part of our debt should be acknowledged.' While acknowledged of that debt did not include equal pay for equal work, it did help bolster public support for women suffrage. In 1919, Congress finally passed the Ninetheenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. In 1920 the amendment was ratified by the states." -The Americans Recostruction to the 21st Century
The First World War brought the first wave of a changing mentality on views upon women and women's rights, but women still had to battle a stigma and compete against discrimnation that had been so engrained in their history.
women, as for the rest of society, World War I brought about far-reaching changes." -The Americans Recostruction to the 21st Century
"President Wilson Acknowledged, 'The services of women during the supreme crisis have been of the most signal usefulness and distinction; it is high time that part of our debt should be acknowledged.' While acknowledged of that debt did not include equal pay for equal work, it did help bolster public support for women suffrage. In 1919, Congress finally passed the Ninetheenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote. In 1920 the amendment was ratified by the states." -The Americans Recostruction to the 21st Century
The First World War brought the first wave of a changing mentality on views upon women and women's rights, but women still had to battle a stigma and compete against discrimnation that had been so engrained in their history.
After the First World WarEven thought World War l had given birth to some dramatic changes to women's rights and standards, there was still a huge war brewing on women.
(After the First World War and before the Second World War), the prevailing view of a woman's role was (still) that of wife and mother. Many occupations were reserved for men and some states barred married women from holding jobs. |
The need to mobilize the entire population behind the war effort was so compelling that political and social leaders agreed that both women and men would have to change their perceptions of gender roles—at least as long as there was a national emergency. Women were told they must contribute in a variety of ways.- National Women's History Museum (on the onset of World War ll)
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