Women Are Soldiers Too: U.S. Women's Army Corps - Female Officer Training (1/2)

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American women also saw combat during World War II, first as nurses in the Army Nurse Corps and United States Navy Nurse Corps during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, and the Japanese invasion of the Philippines. The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Women's Naval Reserve and United States Marine Corps Women's Reserve were also created for women performing auxiliary roles. The WAAC, however, never accomplished its goal of making available to "the national defense the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of the nation." In July 1943, the WAAC was reorganized to form the Women's Army Corps, which was recognized as an official part of the regular army, but not in combat units. The Women's Army Corps replaced the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. WAACs served overseas in North Africa in 1942. In 1944 WACs landed in Normandy after D-Day and served in Australia, New Guinea and the Philippines in the Pacific. During the war, 67 Army nurses and 11 Navy nurses were captured and spent three years as Japanese prisoners of war. 350,000 American women served during World War II and 16 were killed in action. Indeed, World War II also marked milestones for women in the US military, Carmen Contreras-Bozak, who became the first Hispanic to join the WAC, serving in Algiers under General Dwight D. Eisenhower and Minnie Spotted-Wolf the first Native American woman to enlist in the United States Marines. In 1943, the first female officer of the United States Marine Corps was commissioned, and the first detachment of female marines was sent to Hawaii for duty in 1945.

U.S. women also performed many kinds of non-military service in organizations such as the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), Office of Strategic Services (OSS), American Red Cross, Cadet Nurse Corps, and the United Service Organizations (USO). Nineteen million American women filled out the home front labor force, not only as "Rosie the Riveters" in war factory jobs, but in transportation, agricultural, and office work of every variety. Women joined the federal government in massive numbers during World War II. Nearly a million "government girls" were recruited for war work. In addition, women volunteers aided the war effort by planting victory gardens, canning produce, selling war bonds, donating blood, salvaging needed commodities and sending care packages.

Prior to the First World War women's role in society in western countries was generally confined to the domestic sphere (but not necessarily their own home) and to certain types of jobs: 'Women's Work'. In Great Britain for example, just before World War I, out of an adult population of about 24 million women, around 1.7 million worked in domestic service, 800,000 worked in the textile manufacturing industry, 600,000 worked in the clothing trades, 500,000 worked in commerce and 260,000 in local and national government (including teaching). The British textile and clothing trades, in particular, employed far more women than men and could be regarded as 'women's work.'

While some women managed to receive a tertiary education and others to go into non-traditional career paths, for the most part women were expected to be primarily involved in "duties at home" and "women's work". Before 1914, only a few countries (New Zealand, Australia, and several Scandinavian nations) had given the right to vote to women (see Women's suffrage), and apart from these countries women were little involved in the political process.

More than any previous wars, World Wars I and II hinged as much on industrial production as they did on battlefield clashes. With millions of men away fighting and with the inevitable horrendous casualties, there was a severe shortage of labour in a range of industries, from rural and farm work to city office jobs.

During both World War I and World War II, women were called on, by necessity, to do work and to take on roles that were outside their traditional gender expectations. In Great Britain this was known as a process of "Dilution" and was strongly contested by the trade unions, particularly in the engineering and ship building industries. Women did, for the duration of both World Wars, take on jobs that were traditionally regarded as skilled "men's work." However, in accordance with the agreement negotiated with the trade unions, women undertaking jobs covered by the Dilution agreement lost their jobs at the end of the First World War.

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[serveone211]

lol@ the WACK BAND worst band name ever

[malechauvinistxy]

@BlackGold691 all bitches area liability because they nbeed to be "carried" by men in dangerous(and even non dangerous) situations...im applying for army signals corps and I was told by a seargent that the female medics essentially slowed up the men and their equpment had to be carried by the men..females are given barricades(handicaps) ebcause they cant throw grenades far enough...they cant do their job as well as a man can.

[BlackGold691]

@malechauvinistxy Well I'm not one of those bitches

[malechauvinistxy]

@angemala no..the worst an enemy can do is kill you!..and females are a fucking liability in teh army and they will get men killed!!

[malechauvinistxy]

@BlackGold691 even though numerous bitches that ive had admit that they want to be treated like crap, and be dominated and only work part time or not at all and take on as little responsibility as possible..Even though its a fact that females are less effective in management and combat...even though its a fact the elites of this world are trying to put females in positions of power (above more qualified males) because women are more easily controlled and act as a management barrier

[BlackGold691]

@malechauvinistxy and what the fuck are you good for? Annoying the shit out of people. Make another fucking disrespectful comment and I'll report your stupid ass

[malechauvinistxy]

@DeathReady4Ever women are good for nothing really..except blowjobs..and giving babiez...why would they even want to apply for the army?!!

[JL0vely]

yassss to the sistah!

[metalskateboarder965]

The kitchen has an army?

[DeathReady4Ever]

@ptm10001 -_- wow. How disrespectful.