Women In War Women have served an important role in almost every war, in the civil war women became active in volunteer organizations to help the war effort and as many as four hundred women became soldiers in the Union and Confederate armies (Women 's Roles). During World War One women sold war bonds, knitted clothing for the men overseas and filled the jobs left vacant by the soldiers (Women War I). In World War Two women 's participation in government-sponsored vocational training grew and female applicants for non-government positions increased (Women War II) and most recently in the middle east women make up 15 percent of American troops in Iraq (Macur) and are fighting on the front line next to their male counterparts. Throughout time
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A total of 320,518 Americans were killed during World War One making it one of the deadliest wars in history at that point in time. Back on the home front women sold war bonds, knitted clothing for the men overseas, conserved food by omitting meat from their diets once a week, rolled bandages for the Red Cross and filled almost one million jobs left vacant by soldiers (Women war I). World War I was the first American war where women were already a part of the army and navy, in March 1917, 13,000 women enlisted in the navy and 300 enlisted in the marines. The armed services considered this action to be temporary. As the war came to an end, so did the active status of the women, and they were not given the option to reenlist, making some women feel that their efforts in the war were not properly recognized. Before the U.S. entry into the war, women used their own money to finance their way to Europe to nurse or lend assistance (Women war I). During the war about 25,000 women served abroad as nurses for the red cross and other important jobs overseas. So even though women 's efforts were not properly recognized after the war had ended they still gave up their jobs and lives to support the United States in times of
A total of 320,518 Americans were killed during World War One making it one of the deadliest wars in history at that point in time. Back on the home front women sold war bonds, knitted clothing for the men overseas, conserved food by omitting meat from their diets once a week, rolled bandages for the Red Cross and filled almost one million jobs left vacant by soldiers (Women war I). World War I was the first American war where women were already a part of the army and navy, in March 1917, 13,000 women enlisted in the navy and 300 enlisted in the marines. The armed services considered this action to be temporary. As the war came to an end, so did the active status of the women, and they were not given the option to reenlist, making some women feel that their efforts in the war were not properly recognized. Before the U.S. entry into the war, women used their own money to finance their way to Europe to nurse or lend assistance (Women war I). During the war about 25,000 women served abroad as nurses for the red cross and other important jobs overseas. So even though women 's efforts were not properly recognized after the war had ended they still gave up their jobs and lives to support the United States in times of