Women's Roles of the Great War

July 8, 1914, the way of thinking for women has changed forever. July 8, 1914 was the beginning of the Great War. This war is not only a fierce battle over four years but also a revolution in the history of women. With the First World War, women were able to work with men to achieve the national goal of conquest and victory. War makes it possible for women to eliminate family life and to play a more prominent role in changing society's way of handling them.

War creates "work for women" to "release freely while changing traditional role" (how women's role changed due to war). Women with labor force have great perseverance as they have to overcome big controversy and confusion. They helped to change "the improvement of the state of gender equality" (the change in the role of men and women). The influence of women is "never forgotten, the times will continue to change to achieve equality between men and women" (change in the role of gender). The women who worked during the Second World War made progress towards today's modern professional women. For women's sacrifice and efforts during World War II the war will be longer and produce completely different results "(American Women in World War II)

World War II was very important to the United States. Women also played an important role in this war. Efforts of war stimulated patriotism and promoted economic prosperity. The American industry has turned into war production soon to promote the military need of the country. When a man leaves in war, the woman leaves the man's responsibility in their hometown. About 350,000 women were hired in the US and overseas during the Second World War.

During the Second World War, the national war demanded women to take on a new role. In the UK, this is known as a "dilution" process, and in particular in engineering and shipbuilding it is strongly questioned by trade unions. During the Second World War, women sometimes got skilled "men's work". However, according to the agreement negotiated with the union, the women who were engaged in the work subject to the dilution agreement were unemployed at the end of the First World War.