Women during World War II

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This paper examines the important roles played by women during World War II. It discusses the background of the war and then shows how the advances in opportunities and the terrible horrors which were experienced by women during the war would help to establish the global identity of the woman today as one deserving of equality and entitled to protection against the worst abuses of which man is capable.

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"Additionally, this research yields the resolution that women are among the most vulnerable of subjects to war due to the sexual power dynamics that are culturally ingrained in some many societies. Within such a framework, the context of war may bear an especially high level of danger for women, who even today in many developing parts of the world tend to suffer most egregiously in conditions of war and conflict. Thus, another crucial point of inflection which occurred during World War II was an understanding of the demand upon societies and cultures as a whole to preserve women against regressive behavior, sexual abuse and gender subjugation."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Associated Press (AP), Nazi Sex Slaves, Spiegel Online, 2007. Online at http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,459704,00.html
• Ardrossan Herald, Join the Women's Land Army, WWII in North Ayrshire, Mar. 20, 1942.
• Irvine Herald, Work For Women, WWII in North Ayrshire, Jan. 19, 1940.
• Kent, J. Interview with Captain Violet Gordon,The Library of Congress, 2002. Online at http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp-stories/loc.natlib.afc2001001.00146/transcript?ID=sr0001
• Learning Curve, Women at War, The National Archives, 2006. Online at http://www.learningcurve.gov.uk/homefront/women/land/Default.htm>.

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