Women during WWI
Laura Van Doren
US History, Period 4
Major Roles of Women
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Factory Workers
Farmers
Nurses
Propaganda Posters
Women in the Factories
Lack of Men
Financial Situations
Factories need Workers
Women take Jobs
Women in the Factories
Pictures from:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/hfront2_02.s
html
Women on Farms
Board of
Agriculture
and
Fisheries
Food Supply
for
February
the Allies
1917
Women on Farms
Pictures from:
http://caber.open.ac.uk/schools/stanway/landarmy.html
Women as Nurses
• A typical role for women
• Closest western women will get to the
front line
• Army and Navy Nurse Corps.
• They wore an official uniform and had
ranks
Women as Nurses
Pictures from:
http://library.uncg.edu/depts/archives/exhibits/womvet/wwi.asp
Women and Propaganda
• Women were depicted in most WWI
propaganda posters
• They wore men's uniforms to encourage
men to sign up
• They encouraged women to volunteer
• They encouraged women to enlist their
men
Women and Propaganda
Pictures from:
http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/posterswwone.html and
http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/february20/gifs/brit_women_say.jpg
Bibliography
Goldstien, Joshua S. “Women of World War I” http://www.warandgender.com/wgwomwwi.htm
Seattle General Strike Project. “Where Women worked during World War I”
http://depts.washington.edu/labhist/strike/kim.shtml
“Women in the Workforce” http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/womenww1_four.htm
BBC “Women at War” http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/worldwarone/hq/hfront2_02.shtml
The Canadian Encyclopedia “Women and War”
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0008679
The long, long Trail “Women’s Organizations” http://www.1914-1918.net/women.htm
“WWI: Thirty Thousand Women were There” http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/femvets4.html
“History of the Army Nurse Corps.” http://history.amedd.army.mil/ancwebsite/slpr/slpr3.htm
“The Nurses” http://www.anzacday.org.au/history/ww1/overview/nurses.html