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This 15 page paper looks at all the things women did to help during World War I. The emphasis is on American women, but women of other countries are discussed as well. Information about the Nurse Corps and the Army overseas operators is included. The changing role of the woman, as a result and as a parallel to the war, is discussed. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
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the draft will affect them. While the world is at relative peace, and although women have come a long way as the twenty-first century unfolds, they are still safeguarded from
the American draft at least. However, the history of the twentieth century includes two rather large wars. The magnitude of the war is incredible. In looking through history, there have
been European wars and wars in Asia, but these world wars which had taken place in an ever expanding world was astounding. Further, the role of women, while changing,
did not change so much as to accept women unequivocally in the military. Of course, there have been legends throughout that tell of women dressing up as men to fight
for their country. Today, Israel accepts females as soldiers. Yet, in a general sense, women are not like men. They have not historically gone into battle. When speaking of war,
one talks about sons going to war, not daughters. In any event, during the world wars, the women did not just sit idly by. They helped as well. There
are few who are still alive from the first world war but one woman, Laura Frost, who was born in 1893, recently reported her memoirs to a reporter looking for
living American veterans of World War I (Smith 5C). When the war broke out, Frost signed up for the adventure (5C). In those days, Smith explained that not
only were women not allowed to vote but men were suspicious of educated women and further, "science" noted that womens brains were smaller than mens and so they would not
be receptive to higher education. Frost enlisted for adventure and she was not disappointed. A letter she wrote in 1918 said: "Do you know I have never had such a
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