Women in the military

Ancient Sparta was Greece’s only real military city-state, where men, women, and children were born into and lived in a military force. Sparta had three main classes, the helots were slaves, the perioeci were the middle class, and the spatriata was the ruling class. The life for a young boy had many more aspects than life for a young girl. Spartan women were treated better than women in other Greek city-states. The Spartan military was one of the most powerful militaries in all of history. The…

and Spartan women had more freedom than Athenian women. Spartan society was divided into three main classes: Spartiate, the perioeci, and the helots. Spartiate served in the military and was the only person to have full political and legal rights. The perioeci were foreign people that rested between Spartiate and the helots. The perioeci had a great deal of freedom.…

Buenos Aires to protest for their missing children. The women got together on April 20th 1977 in the central of Buenos Aires. Women were angered because the government did nothing to help their missing children. There was a mess in Argentina a "dirty war" was taken place from 1976 to 1986. During the years of the dirty war horrific things were happening, people were abducted, tortured, and killed. The Madres De La Plaza is a group of middle aged women that demand to have their sons or daughters…

One of the Hello Girls said, “we had served in a war zone under military orders… and we had been constantly reminded of our duties and responsibilities as Army Women” (“The Hello Girls”). Sadly, by the time these women got their benefits in 1979, less than 20 of them were still alive. During the last two years of war, nursing became an official role in the military (The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation). Nearly 33,000 served as either nurses or support staff and 400 of them died in the line of…

Women were not always equal; they proved themselves worthy of being a true citizen of the United States in World War I. After countless months of helping the country and saving lives, a new respect was found for women and their abilities. Originally, the United States was neutral during World War I, but after German U-boats attacked American ships and Germany tried to ally itself with Mexico, President Wilson and the Congress declared war on Germany. Starting in 1917, the United States was a…

estimated cost of the Canadian military was estimated to be over fourteen billion dollars. The day after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on New York, President George W. Bush was asked to pledge for Canada’s support to capture members of the Islamist group responsible and to dismantle their training camps(the canadian encyclopedia n.p). On October 7, 2001, Prime minister Jean Chretien announced Canada’s participation in the mission in…

posters. Women can make a big difference in the armed forces and contribute as well as the men. Vernice Armour says, "Bottom line is if you can do the job, you should be out there doing it...man or a woman" (picture caption). Women were band from the military in 1994 but in 2013, Leon Panetta and General Martin Dempseysign a memorandum ending the 1994 ban on women serving in combat roles in the military (The Guardian). Women should be on the front lines with the men serving are country. “Women…

for a better career by serving in the U.S. Military. A career in the U.S .Military is often considered to be good, meaningful, and fulfilling. For this reason, recruiters go to different schools to convince high school and college students to join the U.S .Military. However, as far as I am concerned, I would not pursue a career in the U.S. Military because the U.S .Military takes most of your civil rights, you can be killed or permanently injured, and women are harassed and sexually assaulted.…

“Feminists believe that men and women should have the same opportunities. If you are a feminist you believe in equal rights as a whole. That’s not a concept you can really shoot down.” (Dunham, Lena). Equality is defined as “the state of being equal, especially in status, rights, and opportunities.” and in the recent decade gender, race and religious equality have been some of the most discussed topics in the the media, government and workplace. Many would believe from the media’s portraital…

and in all countries, women are perceived as peace makers, while men are those who start wars or any conflicts. However, when the conflict occurs and men have to fight for their country or beliefs, women do not stand aside. Women’s role and contribution during World War II was neglected and marginalized by the society, government and historians for a long time. Although, most of their contribution still remains hidden or even forgotten, this paper will demonstrate how women could be no less…