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). Also, because of their help in the war, it gave men and others alike a new depiction of women. Overall, woman did very well in their war with their ability to take on heavy work and work with efficiency, which was a surprise to the men. In cause of this women were regarded as a force to be proud of by the middle of the war (Martin, 2009). Nevertheless, when women entered the workforce during this time, they were greeted with hostility because of sexist reasons and mindsets. Men were also worried that if woman continued to willingly work for lower pay, it would put them out of work (Martin, 2009). Seeing both the pros and the cons of their work in the war effort, women faced conflicting emotions after and during their eye-opening experience in World War 1. When the war was over, the men who served overseas came back and obviously were expecting their positions to be returned to them and women were highly encouraged to give their jobs to the returning soldiers. It was even suggested that some women should be fired in order to provide work for unemployed men (Fine-Meyer, Gibson, and Staton, 87). Since men had more of the upper hand at the time, women were placed back in their domestic roles. It is likely that the thrill and importance that the women felt during their contribution in the war period, led them to actually fight for their rights. 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. Some women openly accepted the new access to traditionally male occupations and had no wish to give them up when the war was over. However, other faced economic, physical and psychological challenges that could've made them eager to return to the conditions before the war (Grayzel, n.