We chose our topic because women’s role in World War II isn’t a subject that isn't really relevant in school curriculum. Although it’s not a huge topic of discussion in modern classrooms anymore, it’s still a major component of American and World history. We believe that women’s critical role in World War II should be included in the typical curricular and the overall lesson of women's rights in general should be more incorporated in middle school and high school curriculum.
We conducted our research through a series of primary and secondary sources. Due to the abundant amount of information on World War II available and the recent increase of political attention on women's rights and history, we have a lot of good primary sources on the matter. Since many women, such as former British spies, have decided to speak out about their experience in World War II, we were given the wondrous opportunity to take a more personal glimpse into their world.
We selected our presentation category due to how familiar one of us is with technology. We decided a website would be a category that was simple enough to work with but could provide an easy, accessible and modern way to learn a plethora of information about our topic, as technological is so prevalent in the 21st Century.
The NHD theme this year is turning points in history. Women’s role in World War II is an excellent topic to represent this theme because for a long time, in many different countries all around the world, women were not allowed much participation in war. For many years, the closest a women could get to the battlefield was nursing sick and wounded soldiers. After the first World War, which concerned mostly Europe, many efforts were made to prevent another widespread, highly deadly war like this one. However, regardless of the measures taken by Western Europe and the precautions taken by Britain and France, another worldwide war broke out. Many countries were desperate for soliders, machine gunners, radio operators, etc. When the men they had weren't enough, these countries turned to women to do the job, to work alongside the men. This was revolutionary as many countries had never done this before. All this followed the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the 1920’s, which was another major turning point in history that eventually caused women to gain slightly more equal rights, not including active participation in combat or non-nursing military jobs. In spite of all this, women are still to this day fighting for their rights in the workplace and other important components of everyday life. But in light of the bright history of women and the luminous things they achieved, along with their sparkling contributions, the future of the 21st Century woman is almost blinding.
We conducted our research through a series of primary and secondary sources. Due to the abundant amount of information on World War II available and the recent increase of political attention on women's rights and history, we have a lot of good primary sources on the matter. Since many women, such as former British spies, have decided to speak out about their experience in World War II, we were given the wondrous opportunity to take a more personal glimpse into their world.
We selected our presentation category due to how familiar one of us is with technology. We decided a website would be a category that was simple enough to work with but could provide an easy, accessible and modern way to learn a plethora of information about our topic, as technological is so prevalent in the 21st Century.
The NHD theme this year is turning points in history. Women’s role in World War II is an excellent topic to represent this theme because for a long time, in many different countries all around the world, women were not allowed much participation in war. For many years, the closest a women could get to the battlefield was nursing sick and wounded soldiers. After the first World War, which concerned mostly Europe, many efforts were made to prevent another widespread, highly deadly war like this one. However, regardless of the measures taken by Western Europe and the precautions taken by Britain and France, another worldwide war broke out. Many countries were desperate for soliders, machine gunners, radio operators, etc. When the men they had weren't enough, these countries turned to women to do the job, to work alongside the men. This was revolutionary as many countries had never done this before. All this followed the Women’s Suffrage Movement in the 1920’s, which was another major turning point in history that eventually caused women to gain slightly more equal rights, not including active participation in combat or non-nursing military jobs. In spite of all this, women are still to this day fighting for their rights in the workplace and other important components of everyday life. But in light of the bright history of women and the luminous things they achieved, along with their sparkling contributions, the future of the 21st Century woman is almost blinding.