World War 1 affected many people's lives in negative ways, men, women, and families had a hard time during and after the war. Men were not prepared to see the horrific sights of the War and they were affected physically and mentally. Families weren't prepared to lose their loved ones who were fighting in World War One (WW1). Women helping in the war knew what to expect as they were there to help with injuries and diseases. A lot of people's lives changed for the worse when the war was happening. Men thought it would be exciting to go to war, but that had all changed once they had experienced everything in the war.
While going into the war, Australians did have a few statistics which had a positive outcome. There were around 416 809 men that …show more content…
Others serves as Red cross volunteers and in support roles. These women dealt with illness, wounds, deaths and emotional traumas. Women worked as hard as they could for the Red cross in response to any national emergency. Women would also have to deal with children and family responsibilities as well as having to deal with grief and trauma of losing their loved ones. As most soldiers had gone to fight in the war, women had to replace the men in the workforce.This put a lot of pressure upon the older children in the family as they had to take care of the household duties and had to take care of any younger children When World War started it was unusual for women to have more than a few jobs other than serving roles like helping out families and helping soldiers. In ww1 more women volunteered to help but they would mostly help with the food, clothing and printing industry jobs that were already established as female roles Many of the men who came back from the War were suffering from serious injuries, the effects of Mustard Gas and or shell shock. They were to tormented to talk about their experiences and often it would take them a long time recover from the trauma of the War.This meant that some women had been become responsible of supporting the entire
While going into the war, Australians did have a few statistics which had a positive outcome. There were around 416 809 men that …show more content…
Others serves as Red cross volunteers and in support roles. These women dealt with illness, wounds, deaths and emotional traumas. Women worked as hard as they could for the Red cross in response to any national emergency. Women would also have to deal with children and family responsibilities as well as having to deal with grief and trauma of losing their loved ones. As most soldiers had gone to fight in the war, women had to replace the men in the workforce.This put a lot of pressure upon the older children in the family as they had to take care of the household duties and had to take care of any younger children When World War started it was unusual for women to have more than a few jobs other than serving roles like helping out families and helping soldiers. In ww1 more women volunteered to help but they would mostly help with the food, clothing and printing industry jobs that were already established as female roles Many of the men who came back from the War were suffering from serious injuries, the effects of Mustard Gas and or shell shock. They were to tormented to talk about their experiences and often it would take them a long time recover from the trauma of the War.This meant that some women had been become responsible of supporting the entire