Talk:Women in the World Wars

message: what did the women do after the war was over?
what did the widows of the war do?—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 210.10.206.50 (talk • contribs) . they married again (H)—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 212.219.252.251 (talk • contribs) .
:Interesting questions, especially with a Username of Doc glasgow.
:The forced (by conscription) introduction of women workers (who were unskilled - not a derogatory statement, just a fact) into industry and ship building in World Wars I & II was known as "dilution" and was bitterly contested by the unions, especially in the greater Glasgow area in World War I (that is when the "militancy of "Red Clydeside" first became famous).
:Before "dilution", women (before marriage) worked in shops and domestic service, i.e. someoneelses big house / estate. After the two World Wars the women were basically thrown out so that the former male workers, who had been consripted into the armed forces, could have their old jobs back. After the WW II domestic service was on the decline and there was a big economic depression in the mid 1950's. Pyrotec 20:21, 9 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: After the war?

message: I'd like to know between what ages women were accepted as nurses for World War 1.  I believe men could enlist at age 18, but I'm not certain if the criteria was the same for women.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mynoris (talk • contribs) .
: I'm not sure I know the answer to this one, as I've not yet done any research on it; anyhow no one else has responded. You're right that in WW I men could enlist at 18 and many doctor's (who were almost all male) were called up for service. It also turns out that there were male nurses in WW I, my grandfather was one but I did not know that whilst he was still alive.
:At the beginning women tried to enlist as nurses but were not wanted by the British War Office, so some women, middle & upper class, set up volunteer corps of nurses in Poland, France and Serbia, as per Florence Nightingale, although she was dead by then. It was only later that women were allowed to enlist as nurses. This is discussed in books about Lloyd George, who was the 1st Minister of Munitions, also there is a reference to a book by Irene Chapman (written 1935)"Towards Sex Freedom".
: If you find out, you could add it to Wikipedia. Pyrotec
See Queen Alexandra's Royal Army Nursing Corps which was started well before WWI, in 1902; the first Matron-in-Chief (Sydney) male, but the second (Caroline) was not. The Voluntary Aid Detachment (VAD) catered for the wartime volunteers, though they were not allowed in the front line before 1915. Hugo999 (talk) 12:20, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: hopes she's doing this right

message: "There is little doubt that women's work in the two World Wars of the twentieth century was an important factor in the course of both wars. This involvement changed the social status and working lives of women in many countries from that point onwards.
Women's contribution to both wars was significant; though the attitudes towards their contribution were typically paternalistic."
Biased and written like an essay.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.186.96.236 (talk) 19:51, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased View 

message: The numbers involved were very small, and of all occupations for women in WWII, this was easily the most disreputable of the lot. Irma Grese, hanged in December 1945, has come to be seen as the archetype. Norvo 03:23, 20 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  SS-Helferinnen 

message: This entire section should be removed as it is irrelevant to the subject of this article, and in fact contains some nonsensical statements such as donating stockings to soldiers to carry gunpowder!!!. The first sentence: "In part because of female participation in the war effort in the years after the First World War, Canada, the United States, Great Britain, and a number of European countries extended suffrage to women." may be added to the previous section as it was a consequence of women's role in WW I. 
Syrenab 20:54, 7 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Women's suffrage 

message: I suggest the title be changed to "Women's roles in the World Wars" in line with the usual preferences in history studies. Rjensen 04:31, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Good idea. I'll change it. Asarelah (talk) 20:06, 10 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  change title to "Women roles in the World Wars" 

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message: I've deleted the following from the United Kingdom sub-section of World War II:
:The most common job for women was in domestic service, which about one and a half million women worked. Some domestic servants lived in attics and worked long hours as cleaners, cooks or chamber maids. They would be typically paid £5 or £10 a year. Often domestic servants would get half a day off a week however some only got half a day a month. This style of work was very appealing to young girls as the schools leaving age was twelve and domestic service didn’t require a high level of education. Nine-hundred thousand women worked in textiles. The textile industry was a major employer of women as they could supervise the spinning and weaving machines as effectively as men. Pay was of course much lower for women than it was for men. Five-hundred thousand worked in the ‘sweat trades’ where they would work excessive hours of work for very low pay in unsanitary conditions. The worst examples of the sweated industry were clothing and dress making, where women worked in workshops in the home of their employers. Some women however worked from home and were paid piece rates (paid for every item they made). Women were easy targets for sweatshop owners as they could not afford to complain for fear of losing their jobs, and it was almost impossible to set up trade unions as the number of workers per shop was very low. Women were usually paid two-thirds of a man's wage, or even less and were rarely ever promoted above men.
:Women usually weren’t as well educated as men as some families educated their sons and not daughters because they assumed that women would get married and have children. The school leaving age was twelve and staying at school after that meant having to pay school fees or winning a scholarship; sometimes if a girl won a scholarship her parents would refuse it as they needed her wages. As a result 10 per cent of children attended school after twelve and 10 per cent of them were girls. Before the war effort middle and upper-class women were not expected to work. Middle-class women would sometimes work as secretaries or in posh shops as assistants before they were married.
This material was originally added in a single edit on 3 June 2008 by User:Boothferry. Reasons for deletion:
* Appears to be closely based on a school history book called The Home Front, 1914-18 by Malcolm Chandler (here on Google Books), so may be COPYVIO—I don't know how closely you're allowed to paraphrase a textbook.
* Completely inappropriate for the WWII section as it is describing the situation before the First World War. The assertion that caught my eye was that before WWII "the school leaving age was twelve" which as any fule kno is contradicted by this, this, this and not least this.
However, the material and source might be useful for the World War I section: I'm not a historian so I'll leave it to other editors to decide. - Pointillist (talk) 23:12, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deleted material from [[Women's_roles_in_the_World_Wars#United_Kingdom|United_Kingdom section]] 

message: The Rosie the Riveter article says this article's lead image :Image:We Can Do It!.jpg "was not meant to represent a character called Rosie the Riveter at all.". I've adjusted the caption accordingly. - Pointillist (talk) 23:20, 11 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Thanks! Binksternet (talk) 01:03, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Rosie the Riveter" is the generic name for all amwerican women in war facories, regardless of their job. So it can stay. Rjensen (talk) 11:57, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rosie the Riveter? 

message: The link for an online edition for source 2, D'Ann Campbell, "Women in Combat: The World War Two Experience in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and the Soviet Union" is now dead.  If possible, a replacement should be found.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Squirrellyone (talk • contribs) 04:52, 18 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bad Link 

message: A new editor who has not been active on this page or related topics has slapped several bias tags with no apparent reason. They need to be explained in depth here, especially since they seem so dubious (the article has many inline citations and bibliographical references for example). Rjensen (talk) 13:31, 17 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Biases

message: Hi all, I'm the "new editor" who "slapped" on the bias tags. If nothing else, the following opening paragraph surely does not meet encyclopeadic standards. It's too opinionated and essay-like in my opinion: 
"There is little doubt that women's work in the two World Wars of the twentieth century was an important factor in the course of both wars. This involvement changed the social status and working lives of women in many countries from that point onwards.
Women's contribution to both wars was significant; though the attitudes towards their contribution were typically paternalistic." I'd like to request that the paragraph be rewritten in a more neutral manner, or to place a bias tag on this article.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Indicoid (talk • contribs) 08:41, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Could you please suggest alternate wording? Nick-D (talk) 09:52, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: the current wording reflects the RS cited in the bibliography-- Indicoid needs to explain what alternative RS she is relying upon. Rjensen (talk) 10:38, 18 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Biased View 

message: There is a dubious tag on the line concerning women killed in action. I am not familiar enough with editing on WP to do this correctly, but wanted to pass on this .pdf from the US WW2 Museum which verifies the quote and might be a good source for making it more specific.
http://www.nationalww2museum.org/education/for-students/fact-sheets/women-in-w.pdf
The applicable section of that pdf is as follows:
Some women served near the front lines in the Army Nurse Corps, where 16 were 
killed as a result of direct enemy fire.  Sixty-eight American service women were 
captured as POWs in the Philippines.  More than 1,600 nurses were decorated 
for bravery under fire and meritorious service, and 565 WACs in the Pacific 
Theater won combat decorations.  Nurses were in Normandy on D-plus-four.
Best regards  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.168.248.236 (talk) 22:13, 16 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Women Killed In Action 

message: This article is well researched and supported by historical information and well laid out. An area of improvement would be the introduction as it is very short and does not serve its purpose of giving an informative introduction to the topic. The citations throughout the article are well done. The article is clear and able to go into detail on the women’s roles and the affect these roles had on society. The article includes a broad area of information under the topic as well as pictures to improve the piece. The sections on Finland and Italy are lacking some information and could use more content. Overall, the article is organized well and is objective when providing information to the topic. It provides accurate and relevant information. In most sections, the information is thorough in detail although there are some sections that could use improvement. The article includes a good quality of writing and is easy for the reader to follow. The headings provided are clear and help to improve the structure of the article. The references are complete and correspond with information.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Rcoutts12 (talk • contribs) 02:17, 22 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  History 208 Review 

message: Funny that there's nothing about the white feather shaming that lead many men straight to their deaths... but this is wikipedia where nothing is censored, right? for such a loud, proud group you sure do love white washing your history...  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumblebritches57 (talk • contribs) 06:29, 26 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: see White feather.--Obi-Wan Kenobi (talk) 21:43, 28 May 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  My point was obviously that it should be talked about in this page, by keeping it in it's own page, readers must know about it to begin with, for those that don't they're completely out of luck. by including evena  sentence with a link to the article you're expanding the knowledge of those that come here a LOT.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bumblebritches57 (talk • contribs) 19:01, 1 June 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Why don't you add mention of it to the article instead of complaining about (imaginary) censorship? Kaldari (talk) 01:28, 27 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  White Feather 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: I will be updating this Wikipedia article for my English assignment. There are many opportunities for me to add citations with more information on the subject, eliminate biases, and fact check extensively while possibly removing false information. I will do so by using these reliable sources:
-Weatherford, Doris. American Women and World War Ii. New York: Facts on File, 1990. Print.<ref>
-Honey, Maureen. Bitter Fruit: African American Women in World War Ii. , 1999. Internet resource.<ref>
-Tomblin, Barbara. G.I. Nightingales : The Army Nurse Corps in World War II. The University Press of Kentucky, 1996. EBSCOhost, butte.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=50518&site=ehost-live&scope=site.<ref>
Thank you and please let me know if you have any advice!
Amygross (talk) 05:21, 24 February 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Touching this page up 

message: I will be updating this article with the edits and additions I have made in my sandbox. I also plan on eliminating parts of this article and their sources for the only reason that they are not cited by credible sources. Please let me know if you have any questions or tips, thank you! 
Amygross (talk) 22:07, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: could you please provide a link to your sandbox? It would help editors to see what changes you're going to make. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:14, 7 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Finishing Touching This Page Up 

message: I am planning on making some major edits to this article in the near future. First, I am planning on adding more information about women in other parts of the world during the wartime period, including places in Asia and other parts of Europe. This will be beneficial because it will add a more worldwide perspective on the topic of the article. Furthermore, I plan on rewriting the lead section of the article by making more of a general summary of women in the World Wars rather than just women in Great Britain during the World Wars. This will be beneficial because it will be more accurate in regards to what the article is actually about. I am also planning on dividing the WWI section up by country similar to the WWII section in order to add more clarity and structure. Finally, I am planning to add more citations and references to some sections that are already written in the article, just to make it more reliable as a source. Emustarde25 (talk) 23:53, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: here is the bibliography I plan to use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Emustarde25/Women_in_the_World_Wars/Bibliography?venotify=created Emustarde25 (talk) 23:54, 13 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes to This Article 

message: I am currently working on this article for my class. Details about my additions to this article are above in the previous comment. I have noticed that there are many plagiarized sentences in this article, specifically and most notably in the "soon to be" Europe WWI section and U.S. WWII section. A great future project for this article would be to rewrite these sections in accordance with more reliable sources. I am trying to add some citations to the old text, but there is more work to be done than I have time for. Thanks Emustarde25 (talk) 17:55, 25 April 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Future Project for this Article 

message: — Assignment last updated by Ghamilton5000 (talk) 20:35, 21 October 2023 (UTC)
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