Military nurse

serve in combat roles in the US military. Women were allowed to join the US military in 1918 where they served as nurses and helped aid wounded soldiers. This is a different generation, a generation where women desire to be more than just nurses and wish to fight. The problem is that many people believe that women shouldn’t be able to serve in combat roles. Sources such as “Maintain the Combat Exclusion for Women in the Military,” “Lifting Barriers Makes the Military Stronger,” “Marine corps…

they have been completely accepted into the military. During the Civil War, women helped supply soldiers with food, clothing, and even money, which they raised with fundraisers and fairs. These are the basic things expected from women, cooking, sewing and cleaning, and organization. They are expected to do all this to take care of their men. During the Civil War, women took a big jump for womankind, they made it to the front lines. They worked as nurses. They were inspired by Florence…

their way home, the group was given a parade and received the Croix de Guerre, France’s highest medal for bravery. Women also served in the war. Over 30,000 women volunteered for service in World War I. About 13,000 women served in the U.S. Navy as nurses while another 233 women served near the front lines in France as translators. Over 300 women performed administrative work in the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps, such as sending and receiving telegraph messages or filing…

possible. Only with the permission of the commanding officers, these brave and committed women were cooks, laundresses, and nurses. Later down the road during World War I, 33,000 women sacrificed their lives helping our great nation's military branches. Over 400 of these women lost their lives fighting this war as nurses and support staff. As women slowly make their way into the military jobs like mechanics, pilots, administrators, and other non-combat jobs were given to these strong…

the great war, even though they were close enough to the firing lines to see the true monstrosities of war. It was reported that there were about 9,000 women volunteering in the Queen Mary's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC), 13,124 female nurses in the Imperial Military Nursing Service (Reserve) (QAIMNS(r)), about 500 women that were part of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY), and 82,857 in the women's Voluntary Aid Detachment's (VADs). These women saw indescribable horrors that one cannot even…

the U.S military, I totally agree with women participating in combat. Women don’t get enough credit to do the same thing as men. In addition, various people identify them as “FRAGILE”. I disagree. Presumably, I know women can do all things because they are the opposite of men. Because the government was justifiable towards men and women having the same jobs, they were immoderate, dissenting themselves on women joining the armed forces. Women before weren't even allowed to be in the military;…

The Civil War wasn’t all about the male soldiers on the battlefield. There were other soldiers fighting a different battle on the home front, and they were none other than the women. The lives that women lived during this time period are often over looked, but they played a huge role in the war. As noted by the article “Women and the Civil War”, “…when in 1861 the American Civil War broke out between the north and the south, both men and women became deeply involved in the conflict.” (Women and…

enemies. Machine guns as well as automatic rifles are still used today during combat. Women in the War Women's roles in WW1 were quite important. The Navy as well as the U.S Army formed a nursing corps that allowed women to serve part time in the military. Over 21,000 women joined the…

to be a proud possession of most Australians and everyone in the Australian Imperial Force. Since then, the 25th of April is the commerated day each year. The Anzac legend was created in eight months of fighting at Gallipoli. Although there was no military victory, the Australians displayed great courage, initiative, discipline, endurance and mateship. These qualities came to be seen as showing the Anzac spirit. The experiences of women during World War 1 contributed in a big way to the…

choose whether or not to be in military forces because standards can be met and gender is nothing but an immutable characteristic. Women are the caretakers, the nurturers, and the one’s that make a house a home. It has been that way for centuries. Although, there are some women out there that are willing to take the risk. It may be that women…