The war saw significant growth in women’s employment, and one of the main causes was the introduction of military conscription in 1916. As the men left the factories for the front, women replaced them in large numbers. This was vital for the war effort, especially in ...
(Great Britain, France, United States, Soviet Union, China) and Axis Powers (Germany, Italy, and Japan) followed World War 1 (WW1), which took place from 1914 through 1918. The devastation of WW1 led to political and economic instability in Europe, which contributed to the outbreak of ...
WW1: Women12+ Australian Broadcasting Corporation Free iPad Screenshots Description Explore the extraordinary stories of women during World War One in Australia and around the world. Explore the extraordinary stories of women during World War One in Australia and around the world. ...
During the war women were to be found mostly at the home front while a minority went close to the actual fronts where the war was being fought, some even into combat.The only woman soldier enlisted in the British Army managed the feat by passing herself off as a man. Dorothy Lawrence, ...
women played an integral role in WW1 by persuading men to join the war and more insidiously, demonizing men who were reluctant to fight. Sassoon also highlights the lack of compassion shown to men who survived and exposes the hypocrisy of women who goaded men into war and failed to care ...
(and I'll refer here mainly to British women) got the vote in 1918, though limited to those over 30, apparently as a way to thank them for their immense contribution to the war effort, WWI is understood to have been a positive event for feminism, with all the contradictions this ...
Flour war in Spain Newborn babies wear dog costumes to celebrate the New Year One-eyed dog journeys round the world Girl wants to look like a real life doll Meet the oldest serving flight attendant Gaza zoo puts lion cubs up for sale Australian WW1-era naval submarine HMAS AE-1 found af...
—100 Years Ago:Gold Star Women “Nurses of World War I” ✫★✫★✫★✫★✪ ✪✫★✫★✫★✫★ -NURSES, YEOMEN, MOTHERS, TELEPHONE OPERATORS, FOOD WORKERS, ET AL- — Chief Nurse of WW1 Expeditionary Forces, Red Cross Chief Nurse Harvard Unit, Peter Bent Brigham Hospita...
The Vagabond in the Yarra Valley (Ed) ‘Who Wouldn’t Be a Soldier?’– WW1 Diaries of Sgt Thomas Dykes DCM (Ed) Yarra Valley Vietnam Veterans – Tell Their Story ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This project was made possible as a result of grant funding from the Armistice Centenary Grants Program (ACGP...
Maria Bochkareva and the 1st Russian Women's Battalion of Death - Who Did What in WW1?: Directed by Toni Steller, Florian Wittig. With Indy Neidell.