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Roles Of Women In WWII
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ROLES OF WOMEN
IN WWII
2.
EUROPE
WOMEN IN
3.
BRITAIN
1917- the WAAC and WRNS created
Workers allowed only domestic duties
Dec. 1941- National Service Act passed
Allowed for conscription of women
Chose armed forces or work in farming or industry
4.
FRANCE
Made up 20% of French Resistance
Underground duties- spies, newspaper writers
Marie-Madeline Fourcade- 1st female leader of a maquis
Maquis- a revolutionary group of rural resistance fighters
5.
SOVIET UNION
Most active female armed forces
800,000 women volunteered and served
Served as pilots, snipers, machine gunners, etc.
Sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko killed 300 German soldiers
Struggled with discrimination and harassment
6.
POLAND
7.
POLAND
Women acted as couriers and scouts
Home army female soldiers carried weapons and fought
8.
GERMANY
1945- 85% of auxiliary army jobs held by women
Hitler encouraged women not to work
"Produce more pure Aryan children to fight in future wars"
1933- Law for the Encouragement of Marriage
1937- "Duty Year"
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ASIA
WOMEN IN
10.
JAPAN & JAPANESE AMERICANS
Japanese and Chinese Americans in the military
Many were Nisei- 2nd generation American
Wanted to show loyalty and end the war
Military intelligence service linguistics
11.
TOKYO ROSE
Americans forced to spread Japanese propaganda
Radio broadcasts demoralized Americans
Orphan Annie Radio Program
12.
WOMEN'S RIGHTS IN JAPAN
Became head of household
Key to economic success
Took over men's jobs
Support of General MacArthur
13.
MADAME CHIANG KAI-SHEK
Wife of Chinese leader
Head of China's Air Force
Active protester of Japanese occupation
14.
COMFORT WOMEN
Sex slavery
Japanese treatment
Personal account
Repercussions after WWII
15.
THE UNITED STATES
WOMEN IN
16.
PROPAGANDA
Rosie the Riveter
Encouraged patriotic work in non-traditonal jobs
17.
WOMEN'S ROLES IN THE MILITARY
Non-combatants served in domestic jobs
Any military role available except for combat roles
Women served as as Air Force Service Pilots
"Victory girls" and "sporting girls"
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WOMENS ROLES AT HOME
Working rates increased from 25 to 36%
Took over every job possible to free men to fight
19.
WHEN MEN RETURNED
Women forced out of jobs and back into the house
Women fought back- "Tupperware Parties"
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IMPORTANT AMERICAN WOMEN
Eleanor Roosevelt- built morale
Frances Perkins- US Secretary of Labor
Oveta Culp Hobby- director of Women's Army Corps
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