https://padlet.com/mariahviolet27/nk8cu1wccbuh 'Not everyone is going to be a combat soldier, but everyone is enlisted to a chance' --Leon Panetta en-us 2018-09-17 01:59:43 UTC 2026-01-30 19:15:32 UTC hello@padlet.com mariahviolet27 https://padlet.com/mariahviolet27/nk8cu1wccbuh/wish/282716945 During WWI (1914-1918), large numbers of women were recruited into jobs vacated by men who had gone to fight in the war. New jobs were also created as part of the war effort, for example; operating railways signal box, cleaning shop windows, driving trams, delivering coal, working as clerks on HMS Essex, moving huge flour bags and more. The performed tasks that had been deemed impossible, changed nations psyche and its understanding of femininity.

Women shipfitters working on board the USS Nereus at the U.S. Navy Yard in Mare Island, circa 1943. (Department of Defense)
After the first world war equal pay, glass ceilings and working mothers continue to be areas of fierce argument, while images of home making, baking and ideal mothering filled TV screens. Photos of women in 1917 look eerily post-modern and would even raise an eyebrow today. Almost 2 million women entered paid employment for the first time, to replace the men who had been called up. Women were feted as heroines, doing their bit for the war. New visibility were being seen for women in the workplace. Women were shown to be as capable as men, without being denounced as aberrant.

WW1 hadn't really brought changes for women. Some worked but not to the extent of WW2. WW2 didn't necessarily bring changes but changed the way women thought and how they were being thought about. War created working opportunities for women that had not been explored before. They were expected to sit at home looking after children, cooking and cleaning. At the end of world war 2 those women who had been employed, lost their jobs once the men had returned from war. Therefore by 1939, many young girls found employment in domestic service – 2 million of them.

Deborah Samson Gannett
From the beginning women were frowned upon in the army. many people believed that is was a mans job. That was until a lady by the name of Deborah Samson Gannett enlisted her self into the army under her deceased brothers name Robert Shurtleff Samson in 1782. For 17 months she was fighting in the army, and was only wounded twice. That year 13,000 women joined the army. Today there are more than 200,000 women in the armed forces. Women now get  to join the army and have the same working opportunities as men without prejudice. Women have a larger presence in our military today than ever before.

Since 1914, the role of women in military has been controversial, particularly their role in combat. Women played a major part in the war a they were sent to work in place of all the men that had left for war. Any job was filled including, working on busses and munitions factory and this was dangerous for anybody, which needed a lot of skill. The involvement of Australian women in each war is closely connected to their role in society at different times, and the nature of each war.

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