The women’s movement in Australia did have been gradually improved from W1 to current in recent society. Under the old regime women’s roles were questioned and most of people would have never heard that gender equality and women’s empowerment. Women are less capable than men and this is what they thought. Additionally, it is a common statement of the masses of their conformity in that time. However, Australian women showed their possibility and had did a great effort on society during WW2 that they were the same as important as men.
Military
Before 1939, in Australia, there were many official restrictions on women’s choices at all times and especially they were not permitted to work in military. It resulted in only domestic or unskilled jobs …show more content…
This type of article was common. The soldiers saw us as playing at war…”
However, Australian women made a great effort on auxiliary service. Most commonly, women’s roles in the armed force were clerical but they also had an ability to involve traditional men’s roles, as truck and ambulance drivers, or aircraft ground staff. As nurses in the war, they were the ones in most area where Australian troops were sent. By the end of the war, women had finished this incredible task perfectly from their country. It showed that women could lived and worked under the same condition as men or even better in some ways.
Education in skill and …show more content…
After 1940, 35000 Australian women were working in skilled labour for example, nurse and engineer etc. While not all Air Force jobs were open to women. Many WAAAF members were also engaged in skilled technical work--- communications, signals and mechanics---though most worked in traditional female role.
The concern for the Directorate of Manpower was that munitions factories and industries relating to the war effort were at full working capacity to fulfill the increasing demand from the War. As more men were being drawn into military service, there was a shortage of workers for munitions factories. When the war progressed, Australian women worked increasingly in war industries, such as manufacturing munitions and military equipment. Under Manpower regulations, women could be deployed in occupations that suited their skills. Women were introduced into traditionally male jobs in factories, activities ranging from munitions production to work in steel mills, production of planes to provisions and clothing for the troops.
The number of munitions factories increased from nine to 20 factories between 1939 and 1941. They were built in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Factories built in rural towns saw the growth of cities within months, such as Orange and Hay in New South
Military
Before 1939, in Australia, there were many official restrictions on women’s choices at all times and especially they were not permitted to work in military. It resulted in only domestic or unskilled jobs …show more content…
This type of article was common. The soldiers saw us as playing at war…”
However, Australian women made a great effort on auxiliary service. Most commonly, women’s roles in the armed force were clerical but they also had an ability to involve traditional men’s roles, as truck and ambulance drivers, or aircraft ground staff. As nurses in the war, they were the ones in most area where Australian troops were sent. By the end of the war, women had finished this incredible task perfectly from their country. It showed that women could lived and worked under the same condition as men or even better in some ways.
Education in skill and …show more content…
After 1940, 35000 Australian women were working in skilled labour for example, nurse and engineer etc. While not all Air Force jobs were open to women. Many WAAAF members were also engaged in skilled technical work--- communications, signals and mechanics---though most worked in traditional female role.
The concern for the Directorate of Manpower was that munitions factories and industries relating to the war effort were at full working capacity to fulfill the increasing demand from the War. As more men were being drawn into military service, there was a shortage of workers for munitions factories. When the war progressed, Australian women worked increasingly in war industries, such as manufacturing munitions and military equipment. Under Manpower regulations, women could be deployed in occupations that suited their skills. Women were introduced into traditionally male jobs in factories, activities ranging from munitions production to work in steel mills, production of planes to provisions and clothing for the troops.
The number of munitions factories increased from nine to 20 factories between 1939 and 1941. They were built in Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. Factories built in rural towns saw the growth of cities within months, such as Orange and Hay in New South