Sunday, December 22, 2019

The Great War Of The World War I - 2497 Words

A dilemma that was happening for many years can be resolved, but there will be disadvantages and advantages ,no matter what the outcome is. The Great War also called the World War I , started on July 28, 1914 in Europe.The war lasted for four years to end all wars that happened before involving other countries. From beginning to end of the four years, men were not the only ones working hard, so were women. When men went to fight in the war, it led to major grasps in the labor market, so industries and the government reached out to women and asked them to volunteer in specific jobs that were hiring. However the paying jobs did not mention to women that the high wage jobs were temporary.The government used a sneaky tactic on women in order†¦show more content†¦It led men to be involved in riots and protests against women to work in labor market where the government ordered women to go back to their old jobs or back to being unemployed. This problem led women to be involved in protests and women did not have equal rights compared to men ,so they created suffrage movements. Immigrants at the time came to America to find work and some were involved in suffrage movements but it was a disadvantage for women that worked in industries, because it was cheaper to hire an immigrant than a women in the United States. However immigrants were involved in helping throughout the protests and suffrage movements, that was a huge advantage for people to hear about their movements. Women, immigrants and also African American women were involved in the suffrage movements. African American women volunteered to do suffrage movements because they were paid less than a white person,wanted to be recognized and their goal was to have equal rights so they can have the same education as men.â€Å"Night work for women today with their dual capacity as wage-earners and homemakers means burning the candle at both ends with very little sleep, much overwork, fatigue, and the coming of old age unnecessarily soon(U.S Women’s Bureau,1930). Says that women work so hard toward the goal, overdoing it that it makes them not live life longer and

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