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Women and WWI Outline

I. Roles of Women before WWI
Women were expected to stay at home and perform domestic duties
a. Care for children
b. Clean house
c. Take care of husband when he came home from work
d. Cook meals

II. Duties of Women during WWI
Taking over the men’s work while they were away at war
Assist the military during war
Took over the farm duties
In addition to the normal domestic jobs women also nurses, messengers, porters, elevator hands, tram conductors, bank clerks, bookkeepers and shop attendants

III. The down side of the effects on women as a result of the war
The women who were helping the military entertained the troops and were sometimes raped
Military women were still treated like a second class citizen and had to do all the domestic duties for the troops
Some women because vicious and mentally disturbed from being exposed to combat

IV. The Lasting effects of the War on women
The war helped women pass a bill to gain the right to vote
helped women prove that they are not as weak as men believed them to be
women proved to themselves that they can do more than they expected