"ever in the field of human conflict was so much owed by
so many to so few"
Winston Churchill
so many to so few"
Winston Churchill
Women's contribution to World War I in Australia
During World War 1 women played key roles in helping and maintaining standards on the war and home front. Women played key roles in supporting male troops and other personell inlcuding female nurses.
A major revolution during World War 1 over womens roles in society and how the beggining of a new era changed how women are treated and respected today. During world war many women were given their first chance in sectors like mining, nursing and administration.
Holmes, RH, 2001. The Oxford Comapnion to Military History. 1st ed. New york: Oxford University Press. Accessed November 19th
http://www.shrine.org.au/getattachment/36f0c932-4bdc-42e8-b8c1-abaae8bafc92/Private-Joan-Streicher.aspx?height=242
A major revolution during World War 1 over womens roles in society and how the beggining of a new era changed how women are treated and respected today. During world war many women were given their first chance in sectors like mining, nursing and administration.
Holmes, RH, 2001. The Oxford Comapnion to Military History. 1st ed. New york: Oxford University Press. Accessed November 19th
http://www.shrine.org.au/getattachment/36f0c932-4bdc-42e8-b8c1-abaae8bafc92/Private-Joan-Streicher.aspx?height=242
The mining industry and womenDuring World War 1 women were expected to keep the house hold and take care of the family as their family members were at war. However as men went of to war many jobs which were done by them had to be replaced by women like in the mining and factory positions. Some even joined family farms to support the homeland as it was troubling times as many were at the poverty line and below, struggling to even put food on the table.
During the war many women went to mines to work, to produce materials to make artiller and ammunition in the factories. Life in the mines was tough and pushed the women to their limits with many living of rations and working long 12 hour days. However finding work in the mines was difficult for women and many only worked in the mines if it was a family business and work was available. Thousand of women around the world worked in mines from the United Kingdom to australia where they produced tons and tons of ore for production of Weaponry and equipment for the armies at the battle front. Journal of the Australian War Memorial | Australian War Memorial. 2012. Journal of the Australian War Memorial | Australian War Memorial. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.awm.gov.au/journal/j33/mcquilton.asp. [Accessed 19 November 2012]. |
Australian war memorial, (1917), Women push a trolley carrying clay from the mill for silica brick making in South Wales during World War [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-03-08/timeline3a-the-women27s-movement/3873294 [Accessed 19 November 12].
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Womens Efforts at the homefront
During World war 1 women were not only expected to fulfill male roles but also
to maintain the family during this tough time. Many men were unemployed during
this time and the army provided them with a steady income and benefits to
support their family. Many women struggled during this time as the majority of
people were on rations as food was scarce and production was low. In the United States women contributed to the war by taking every piece of scrap metal they could find and giving it to the military to produce new vehicles.
designundersky.com, (1917), Uncle sam victory garden [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.designundersky.com/dus/2008/7/18/redefining-victory-gardens.html [Accessed 19 November 12].
Also in the community people created gardens and local plantations as many services once common became limited as nearly every effort by the country went to the war in Europe. Many women and everyone who was not fighting in the war was supporting the community in the gardens of helping struggling families to get threw the war.
Encyclopedia | Australian War Memorial. 2012. Encyclopedia | Australian War Memorial. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/homefront/victory_gardens.asp. [Accessed 19 November 2012].
to maintain the family during this tough time. Many men were unemployed during
this time and the army provided them with a steady income and benefits to
support their family. Many women struggled during this time as the majority of
people were on rations as food was scarce and production was low. In the United States women contributed to the war by taking every piece of scrap metal they could find and giving it to the military to produce new vehicles.
designundersky.com, (1917), Uncle sam victory garden [ONLINE]. Available at: http://www.designundersky.com/dus/2008/7/18/redefining-victory-gardens.html [Accessed 19 November 12].
Also in the community people created gardens and local plantations as many services once common became limited as nearly every effort by the country went to the war in Europe. Many women and everyone who was not fighting in the war was supporting the community in the gardens of helping struggling families to get threw the war.
Encyclopedia | Australian War Memorial. 2012. Encyclopedia | Australian War Memorial. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.awm.gov.au/encyclopedia/homefront/victory_gardens.asp. [Accessed 19 November 2012].