Essays Tagged: "Women's Army Corps"

Women in Combat

Women In CombatSince the formation of the Women's Army Corps in 1942, women have held an ever-increasing role in the military. Although primar ... near the front. In recognition of the service of women in the military in WWII, congress passed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948. This bill allowed women, for the first time, to purs ...

(3 pages) 72 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Women's Studies

IMPACT ON THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN WORLD WAR 1

rnment regulations.A group of women determined to do more for the war effort, formed the Australian Women's Service Corp (AWSC) in 1916. The aim of this organisation was to prepare women to take up ro ... sidered before and allow able-bodied men to enter the military service. A similar organisation, The Women's Auxiliary Army Corps, was also formed among many others.All these associations were largely ...

(1 pages) 65 1 1.8 Mar/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Women in WWII.

e dealing with the hardships of holding down the home front alone, others were actually joining the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt helped to establish the WAAC on May 14, 1 ...

(4 pages) 62 0 5.0 Jan/2006

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II