https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg en-us 2023-04-21 15:42:41 UTC 2023-04-21 16:28:38 UTC hello@padlet.com marylopresti1 https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563413283 Women could only serve as traditional roles such as nurses, seamstresses, and cooks for troops. However, some women would disguise themselves as men so they could combat alongside their husbands or even operate as spies. Despite not being allowed to fight in the war, women still faced similar hardships such as inadequate housing and little compensation. ]]> 2023-04-21 16:01:33 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563413283 marylopresti1 https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563417284 Women began taking more nontraditional roles during this war. Some still worked as nurses or aides but women began to secretly enlist in the Army as well as serve as spies or smugglers. Women's willingness and ability to serve for these new roles has helped shape the roles women have in the US today. ]]> 2023-04-21 16:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563417284 chanel_henderson https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563418908 Gay and lesbian soldiers had faced a lot of discrimination during World War II. The US military discharged soldiers for their homosexuality and were classified as mentally ill people. During the war, the US army wanted to screen out any mentally ill people, they asked every potential service member questions about their sexuality. People who were a part of the LGBTQ were forced to answer questions or lie about their sexuality in order for them to be able to serve the country. ]]> 2023-04-21 16:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563418908 marylopresti1 https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563421695 The Spanish-American war started a typhoid fever epidemic which caused a higher demand for Army nurses. Due to the performance of the nurses during the war, the US army realized having a corps of trained nurses would be beneficial. This led to the formation of the permanent Nurse Corps in 1901. ]]> 2023-04-21 16:09:21 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563421695 marylopresti1 https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563428384 Around 25,000 American women all between the ages of 21-69 were sent overseas to serve in WWI. It began individually or with a few companions but later was requested by the US government. The largest number of women were still nurses but they were allowed to serve for other jobs including administrators, secretaries, telephone operators, and architects. Many women continued to serve even after the war and weren't sent home till 1923. Women's contributions during this war sparked change across the nation and propelled the 19th amendment in 1919 that granted women the right to vote. ]]> 2023-04-21 16:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563428384 chanel_henderson https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563431995 The US department had stated that "homosexuality is incompatible with military service. They mostly told no to disclose their sexuality with anyone or else they would be sent home. Many were often threatend or not tooken seriously during their times of service. ]]> 2023-04-21 16:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563431995 marylopresti1 https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563435308 The idea of women serving in the Army other than the Nurse Corps was almost an abandoned idea following WWI but the threat of WWII brought interest back to the issue. WWII is what allowed for the Women's Army Corps to be set in motion and was one of the most consequential gender-based events to happen in American history. Women began working in hundreds of different fields including military intelligence, cryptography, parachute rigging, maintenance & supply, and many more. About 60,000 women served as nurses and 1,000 of them were able to fly aircraft for the Women's Airforce Service Pilots which in turn proved them to be vital in the war efforts. These women's efforts in the war resulted in a new economic creating societal changes and forever altering the roles women have in American society.]]> 2023-04-21 16:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563435308 chanel_henderson https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563439745 Military applicants were not to be asked about their sexuality orientation. This policy "Dont ask Dont Tell" prevented service memebers from being openly queer without the threat of being discharged. This policy was based off falseld assumption that the presense of LGBTQ+ people in any branch of the military would determine the ablitly of people to carry out their duties. Many were discharged simply for who they were and who they had loved]]> 2023-04-21 16:27:37 UTC https://padlet.com/marylopresti1/beu34m4i6su9fwmg/wish/2563439745