During WW2 Australian women at the home front played a significant role in not only supporting the Australian troops serving overseas but also prominently they maintained, developed and supported the ongoing economic development of our country. Women during WW2 took on many important roles that without their contribution, Australia would have lost the war. Most women were eager of the new employment opportunities that were created while the males served fighting overseas. They saw the opportunity as learning skills for the future, receiving a regular wage and becoming more independent. Australian women rose to the challenge of war by volunteering their services when manpower was limited and all Australians were needed to help sustain a functioning war economy.
In more detail, this book provides us with knowledge on specific events through time that women faced on their way to gender equality. Major arguments in this book include, struggle with the law, war, social change, demographic change, making a living and the continuation of change. Marsden provides evidence to support each one of these arguments using critical analysis of information. She explains to readers the significance of this specific aspect in Canadian history, especially for women. This book not only provides us with more knowledge on the journey that women went through to achieve equal rights, it also shows us how far women have gone to accomplish gender equality and how much further we still have to
Women in the Second World War participated in the war effort by joining the women’s uniformed services. The Canadian women’s Army Corps was approved on the 13th August 1941 to enlist thousands of women in support roles for the military forces.¹ The CWAC, Canadian Women’s Army Corps largely operated in Canada, as a corps within the active militia of Canada, but by 1944, they were assigned to clerical and support duties in war regions. Several thousands were sent to support Canadian forces in Britain, Italy and northeast Europe. The CWAC made up to 2.8% of the total Canadian Army in 1945.² The CWAC is recognized as great contribution that women played in the success of the Allied victory in World War II.
During the war, there was a drastic decrease on supplies and soldiers for the war effort. Men, being sent to war by conscription, could no longer work or support Canada. Women saw these needs and
From 1914-1918, Canada was in a state of Total War. Women and minorities contributed to the war effort on the homefront by making clubs for themselves, custom making quilts, bandages, and clothes for overseas, worked traditional male jobs, donated land, working in the red cross, and organizing festivals. Every citizen of Canada was committed to giving back to the war effort. Even at home and overseas, the military added to the country being in Total War in the air and the sea; they gave it their all no matter where they were fighting. The government’s power in Canada created even a larger condition of Total War by the restrictions introduced and the amount of money spent/donated in WWI.
The Canadian Homefront Contribution Toward World War 2 The art of winning a war, as perceived by many, is through the victory of each battle along the way. Although valid, truly winning a war is determined by the battle at home, where the contributions of each individual are equally, if not more, significant than those made on the front lines. The decisive action taken up by the Canadian Government on the homefront during World War 2 ensured the continuous success of financing the war effort, while also providing the much-needed supplies and resources for war-borne industries. The Government’s efforts were likewise significant in maintaining a steady number of combatants through the re-establishment of conscription in the latter stages
Women’s achievements during World War One is not the only reason why it was beneficial for Canada, the second reason was Canadians in the war at the sea. At the start of World War One, Canada had a major problem, its navy, the Royal Canadian Navy, was established only three years before World War One in 1911, so they only had 3 warships and 350 sailors, this weakness meant a weak country, meaning Canadians could not take pride in their country and its strength. The Canadian Navy was so pitiful that at the start of World War One, Canadians were donating their own personal boats to help with the war effort. By the end of World War One, this had changed, Canada’s navy had expanded considerably to over 112 warships and 5500 sailors, making it the fourth largest navy in the world, this meant Canadians could now take pride in their country and its strength, leading to a growing sense of nationalism and the idea that we should be fully independent from Britain, as we did not need them to protect us any more. Germany’s strategy during World War One was to starve Britain by using its new strategy, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, where they used a large number of submarines to sink merchant ships coming from Canada to Britain, Canada was able to reduce the amount of
Many women took on the jobs and roles of the men, who had gone to fight in the war. Canada needed women to help support the war effort by working at home, working men’s jobs, and some enlisting in the war building parts for ships and aircraft and manufactured ammunition. “Out of a total Canadian population of 11 million people, only about 600,000 Canadian women held permanent jobs when the war started. During the war, their numbers doubled to 1,200,000” (Veterans.gc.ca). Women also helped on the Homefront by knitting scarves, socks, and mitts for the men who enlisted.
Furthermore, during the early 1900s, women campaigned for other rights, such as education on birth control (Doc F), giving women the right to own property, reducing discrimination in the workplace, and more liberal divorce and marriage laws. Progressive reforms continued to increase their activists in the National Women’s Party propose as constitutional amendment that would grant women equal rights as men beyond just voting rights. It is clear that the values of the women's’ rights activists and Progressive reforms carried into the 1920s as they fought for voting rights and other rights for
In 1939, no one thought that women, who weren 't even considered people decades before, would have such a massive impact in the Second World War. Canadian women 's contribution to the war effort, and their role at the home front and overseas had greatly increased since the previous, devastating First World War. The Second World War brought change to Canadian women on an unpredictable scale, though their volunteer work, paid labour force, and their contributions in the armed forces. Surely without the contributions made by the Canadian women, Canada and her allies would not have been as successful as they were. By far, the prime contribution made by Canadian women to the war effort came through their unpaid labour as volunteer work.
Women have shaped Canadian History The proliferation of Canadian women’s movements, notably their redefining role in society, has had a profound propitious impact on Canada’s identity in the twentieth century. The contribution of Canadian women in the cultural life (sports, the arts and dance), the political impact from the leadership role of a female perspective (Nellie McClung) and women’s economic empowerment all contribute to the shape of Canadian history. Canadian culture had become invisible and nearly indistinguishable from the neighboring United States.
During World War II, Woman’s were assembled for duty in the Canadian Armed Forces, for the first time. The armed force was shy of men in war services and administration, which lead the Canadian government to choose and declare on August 13, 1941 to give woman’s the privilege to take an interest in war utility. 50,000 women were enlisted and more than half provided service in the Canadian Army. Most were doled out occupations including customary female work, for example, cooking, clothing and administrative obligations, also woman had pioneer roles in the mechanized and specialized fields. The Canadian Women 's Army Corps (CWAC) performed fundamental administrations, both at home and abroad, that achieved Allied victory.
Katya Daly APUSH Mrs. Delbagno 4 June 2023 Effects of the Cold War on Women The Cold War was caused by extreme tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union. Prior to the Cold War, women were seen as less capable and more fragile than their male counterparts. This all changed when the Cold War began and there was a new need for more workers and technology. This demand for modern innovation gave women an increased amount of opportunities within the workforce and allowed women to prove that they were more capable than anyone had previously believed.
The First World War was transformative event in the history of women’s rights because the women can work while the men go off to war, if their husbands die they would able to provide for their family, women will have their own money to spend, and because they convince men to do things that they wouldn’t normally do. When men go off to war they won’t be able to work in factories to keep the country running. That is when women come in, because, “women can be employed in many areas to a still greater degree than previously and men can thereby be freed for other work” (D2). In this case, the work that the men are doing is war. When the women fill the jobs left vacant by the soldiers, they created a foothold for women to have a place in the workforce
Thank you, Millicent Fawcett, for giving me the opportunity to speak on behalf of the National Union of Women 's Suffrage Societies which Millicent leads with grace and dignity. Some of you may know me and some of you may not, but I am Clementine Forest one of 3000 women suffragists who has marched here today, the largest march ever occurred, for the cause of women 's suffrage. I am here to represent and express the importance of women receiving the right to vote. Unfortunately, the London weather wasn 't on our side with the presence of heavy rain throughout our march from Hyde Park to Exter Hall, but this reinforces that nothing will stop women from protesting their right to vote. As you know we have been gathered together as one, today on February 9th, 1907, the day in which Parliament is open once again for the coming year.
