WWIga

=The Home Front=

Women Join the military
WORLD WAR I was the first war in which women officially served in the armed forces. Woman that were serving the navy wore a standard uniform and were assigned the rank of "yeoman" By the end of the war, over 11,000 woman had served the navy. They stationed clerical Duties, radio operators, electricians, pharmacists, chemist and photographers. The only women to actually serve in the army were in the "Army Nursing Corps". Women in this field served both the army and Navy since there weren't ranks They were the only women in the military that were actually sent over seas durning the war which over 20,000 nurses in the "Army nursing Corps" including more than 10,000 overseas

Army refused to enlist women. Instead, it began hiring women as temporary employees to fill clerical jobs.