The working roles of women in Australia and how they changed! ... This meant that they had to get women to fill in the roles of the men. ... The work conditions were very different from their original roles, which did drastically change. ... Whilst the women did an extraordinary job while the men were away at war, they had to realize that it was all too good to be true and retire back to their old roles for the time being, giving the men back their roles. ... Because of their persistence, gradually their roles changed not only in war related situations but the whole of society as well....

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The Role of Women in World War II The thought of war is sickening. ... Since World War I, women have played an increasingly more important role in all theatres of military operation (Women's Services, Military 633). ... What is even more puzzling is, despite their phenomenal efforts, women basically had no choice but to return to their traditional roles so men could resume their positions in the work force (Wolff 2). ...

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Canada's role and actions in the Korean war were justified. ... Canada's role and actions in the Korean war were justified. This is because the Communist forces were committing war crimes as they invaded, communism has many negative consequences and today, we know South Korea is much better off because of our role. ...

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However, the most significant impacts happened to occur on the role of men and women, that the war has altered the status of the genders in the United States. ... The YMCA, which stands for Young Women's Christian Association, helped the engagement of women's war-related work, and the Red Cross, which admitted thousands of women volunteers to provide most of the health and sanitary services to military and civilian casualties of the war, together played an important role in the development of women's rights and position. ... As a summarize, all of these posters tend to magnify w...

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Basically that was a women's typical role, men were constantly seen as being way above women, so therefore they would always be the ones who commanded or had the final word in what would be done. ... But when the men returned home, more often than not, women were expected to return to their original roles. ... A woman's role became that of nurse, seamstress, farmer, worker, and so on. ... The craze of Hollywood and theater also began during this time, and women took roles in writing award-winning plays, novels, poetry, and short stories. ...

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SNCF only gave an apology because US legislators, survivors, and their descendants moved to block the company from getting contracts in the US if it did not admit its role in the shipping of thousands of Jews to Nazi death camps and make amends. ... He introduced a bill seeking to require all companies competing for US high speed rail contracts to reveal any role they might have had in deporting Jews and others to Nazi death camps in the war. ... Survivors of the Holocaust are furious about Pepy's apology, claiming that the SNCF President did not accept full responsibility for its role ...

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At the same extent, it cannot be claimed that states are substantially the same, but they are formally undifferentiated, being units playing a potentially equal role in the international stage. ... Before the war, in fact, the international landscape was quite homogeneous, all the units used to play an equal role, and the inter-state relations were not so complex, following simple rules. ... Here the question of globalisation arises, playing a crucial role in the game up to the current time. ...

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The United States" Role in Maintaining International Peace Is the United States supposed to be the mediator of international peace today? ... The United States" role in maintaining international peace has been crucial to the overall goodness of society. ...

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I dont consider my view on terrorism to be unique. In fact, I believe my realistic, yet cynical sentiment to be shared with thousands of people in North America and millions overseas. I will share my basic feelings on the USA's reaction to 9/11 and how the media has fed our emotions. First off,...

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I find it sad that until recently the majority of my knowledge of Spain's Civil War came from Ernest Hemingway's "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Not that Hemingway wasn't a great writer, he was and was very knowledgeable of Spain, my knowledge of Spain, however should come from something more factual. ...

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It has been said that each person plays his or her own role in society. Many decades ago, the role of the man was that of the caretaker; he was responsible for financial matters and status of the family. The role of the woman was as the homemaker; she was responsible for affairs of the home and the well-being of the family. These roles have since changed. In the modern society, man and woman both play the roles of the caretaker and the homemaker. ...

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Another major cultural change brought on as a direct result of the United States' involvement in World War II was the role of women in society. For years, women had been entering the workforce in growing numbers; however, they remained largely constrained to specific gender roles. ... This provided an interesting opportunity for the role of women in America. ... Women embraced these new roles in order to aid the war effort but also enjoyed a number of other opportunities such as increased pay and training in new skills. ... Propaganda and utilization of scare tactics by the government p...

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In today's military, women were no longer confined to traditional roles in the medical and administrative fields. ... One study (Binkin & Bach) found that many NATO and several WARSAW PACT countries employed women in combat roles during World War II. ... One needs only look at their role in past wars. Regardless of the combat exclusion rule, women have served in combat roles throughout out history and it is inevitable that they will be needed for future combat roles. ... Along with the changing role of women in the military, American attitudes a nature and roles of women in our society ar...

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Technology played a major role in influencing the type of war that was fought between 1914 and 1918, however there were many other aspects of war that influenced the nature in which it was fought. ... This is a prime example of how technology played an important role throughout the course of the war. As with the Industrial Revolution, the development of "new age" weapons also played an important role in determining the nature of war. ... The war was no longer only fought on land, and at sea in minimal cases, but instead on three different fronts all of which played a role in determining the...

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Women's role during the war was crucial, as they helped organize home defense, and they provided themselves with uniforms and trained with riffles (Chenier, 2006). ... Since men had more of the upper hand at the time, women were placed back in their domestic roles. ... The belief that if they were able to fill the male's role when they were away, then they were more than capable to do those exact same roles even when they came back. ... In cause of the war women gained an experienced in the participation of male roles, and for many it was thrilling to take on a role unlike their own ...

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His model was based on specific roles for each partner divided strictly along sexual lines. ... As men and women accepted the roles set out for them by society, they looked for justifications for those roles. ... Both were shown to be completely satisfied in their roles. Were the assumptions concerning the roles of men and women valid? ... We have looked at the participants, their roles, the assumptions about those roles, and the implications of those assumptions. ...

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If anything chance played a better role in helping the Spanish fleet regroup, after Commodore Dewey requested a retreat due to a false munitions report, about expending too many shells. ... The Battle of Hampton Roads is a great example for how chance didn't play the role it did back then as compared to United States' New Navy. ... "(Symonds 179) This proves that chance had played almost no role at the Battle of Manila Bay compared to the U.S.'... Unlike chance, the leadership of the United States' fleet at the Battle of Manila Bay, played a greater role but still was ...

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The role that women had then were very defined and they had little means to improve their situation, if they chose to do so. The role of women in the family shifted significantly, after the World War II era. ... Women were the homemakers and caretakers of the children, rarely were women asked to have an active role in business or politics. ... While the role of the female in the family has changed in many ways. ... This meant that the woman would take on the role of mother and father and for many other women it was even worse. ...

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However, this essay will attempt to focus on the role of specific nations and how their leaders delivered their countrymen to the front lines of World War I. Before any one country can be identified as "most responsible- for the outbreak of war, one must first consider the parties involved and their role in Europe in 1914. ... So, I cannot place the blame squarely on the Tsar or Russia, despite their major role in the overall war. ... Finally, we examine the role of Great Britain. ... Least responsible, as I stated before, may have been the Serbians, who may or may not have playe...

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In reality, the things every man carried into the war were a representation of the role of man in a society and the influence of war on such roles. ... Firstly, O'Brien shows a man's role to love a woman, and how war interrupted this intimate relationship between a man and a woman. Lieutenant Cross is a symbol of a man's role to love a woman in the society. ... O'Brien also indicates the man's role in medicine and hygiene as well. ... The Narrator through Kiowa also portrays man's role in religion (O'Brien 3). ...

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"[The Volksgemeinschaft] satisfied the hopes and expectations of millions of the German people- Everyone had a role In the Volksgemeinschaft however for women this was a more specific role as Hitler saw women as weaker and inferior. ... Many women were happy to return to the more traditional role of housewife and mother. 2. "The role of women was confined to the role of family life and mother hood."" ... The reintroduced role of motherhood and looking after their husband were taught to girl at school. ... Girls and boys were educated separately and taught subjects that reflected their...

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They played crucial roles and contributed many great things on the homefront and the wars themselves during the Crusades and World War II. ... American women had important roles during World War II, both at home and in the battlefields. ... In France during World War II, two women played crucial roles benefitting English soldiers. ... While men made up the fighting forces Christian, Muslim, American, and French women played vital roles. ... Each and every role that they took on during wartime gave them the much needed respect that they deserved for years....

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The efforts of the Home Front during the Second World War played an exceedingly vital role in the overall outcome of the hostilities. ... To overcome shortages of workers in 1941 Britain introduced conscription for women to work or join forces in a non fighting role. By 1945 eight out of ten married women and nine out of ten single women had either joined forces in a non-fighting roles or were working in factories. ... The rapid advancement of technology and organization in conjunction with the efforts of the home front formed the imperative roles in the success of the Allied forces in World W...

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They were always given a certain "role" and were expected to fulfill those expectations. ... (Gluck 14) The "Rosie the Riveter" era should be remembered as important because it helped change women's roles in society. After the war women were expected to give up their jobs, and return to their normal role as house maker, and wife. ... It really opened up another viewpoint on life in general, and changed women's views on their roles in societies. ... Through Rosie women were able to change their lives, and roles in society to how women are regarded today....

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In order to investigate the extent to which the conflict affected the status of women, it is necessary to investigate changes in the following factors: the women's role as a housewife, paid employment, sex segregation, consciousness, birth rates and government policy towards women. ... Women were empowered as they never had been before, stepping in to the spaces that the servicemen had left. " They played an important role in agriculture, industry, the armed services, civil defence and other vital work during the second world war." ... He believes that there was a visible migration o...

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