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=Women Join the Military=

World War 1 was the first war which women officially served in the armed forces, but not as the soldiers. So many of the men were assigned to active duty. In 1917 the navy authorized the enlistment of women to meet its clerical needs. By the end of the war 11,000 women had served in the navy. The women served as clerical duties, radio operators, electricians, pharmacists, chemists, and photographers. Although the navy was willing to enlist women to help out, the army would not allow it. Instead the army hired women to be temporary employees to fill clerical jobs. The only women to actually serve in the army were in the Army Nursing Corps. More than 20,000 nurses served in the Army Nursing Corps during the was, including more than 10,000 overseas.