Women+join+the+Military

Women served the armed forces but in noncombat positions. when the military prepared for war in 1917, there was a shortage of clerical workers because a lot of men were assigned to active duty. women who joined the navy wore standard uniforms. worked as radio operators, electricians pharmacisits chemists and photographers. the army refused to enlist women instead it began hiring women as teamporary employess to fill clerial jobs. the only women to actually serve the army were in the army nursing crops more than 25,000 US women who served in Europe in World War I They helped nurse the wounded, provide food and other supplies. women nurses had served in both the army and navy snice the early 1900. they weren assigned ranks. army nurses were the only women in the military sent over seas during the war. more then 20,000 nurses served in the army nursing crops during the war including more than 10,000 overseas