Letter to the Family

                                                    Andrea Owens

1/17/14

US History blog

Period 7

Dear Family,

               It's really difficult in the war right now, most of the soldiers are dying, I mean I'm happy to help but it's just to much to do as a nurse. I don't think I can handle it much longer, but I'm going to stick through it for our country and our soldiers. I know I haven't written you guys in six months and I am truly sincerely sorry, I have been so busy with the soldiers and other issues I have been having, but no need to concern you with those now. I just wanted to right to see haw you were doing and what you have been doing so just right me back. I miss you guys so much. So tell me whats been going on with you guys, who's dating you, is Mom dating anybody yet, how's Dad doing with his 2nd wife
               How's school going for everybody, and work. I need the juicy details on everything. How's the animals, like Jessi, Toby, Sprout and Stripes. What about the house I can send you guys a little money to help you get started if you want me to. Well just write me back as soon as you can please i miss you guys so much.

                          

Love,

Andrea and Maria

WW1 causes

 World War 1 causes

Militarism is the tendency to regard military efficiency as the supreme ideal of the state and to subordinate all other interests to those of the military.

Imperialism Alliances are a formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.

is the policy of extending the rule or authority of an empire or nation over foreign countries, or of acquiring and holding colonies and dependencies.

Nationalism is the policy or doctrine of asserting the interests of other nations or the common interests of all nations.

The spark that started World War 1 was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie. The assassination occurred on June 28, 1914 while Ferdinand was visiting the city of Sarajevo in the Austria-Hungarian province of Bosnia-Herzegovina.

On May 7, 1915, the British Ocean liner RMS Lusitania, which primarily ferried people and goods across the Atlantic Ocean between the United States and Great Britain, was torpedoed bay a German U-boat and sunk.

Early in 1916 Germany had instituted a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare, allowing armed merchant ships - but not passenger ships - to be torpedoed without warning.

The Sussex Pledge was a promise made in 1916 during World War 1 by Germany to the United States prior to the latter's entry into war.

The message came as a coded telegram by the Foreign Secretary of the German Empire, Arthur Zimmerman, on January 16, 1917 to the German ambassador to Mexico, Heinrich von Eckardt.

Women in World War 1

Women in World War 1

               The whole world changed when the 19th Amendment came into place. Women were doing a lot more - in a way they were replacing men. I'm going to be talking about women in WW1. Women are so powerful now the have joined the army but only as nurses. Hey, the men in the war need medical attention too! They also helped as munition factory workers, sew bandages and they sold war bonds, ship yards and spies. Weren't they helpful?

This is one of the job postings they have for women now. Isn't it awesome, they actually need women now, boy have times changed.

               In 1917 women supported the war in numerous ways. Starting with their pre-war reform work, but in addition to that, they were in the club movement, the settlement house movement, and the suffrage movement that sold war bonds and conserved food. They also sent relief supplies to suffering Europeans. Women group's sent delegations to Europe to support American soldiers. The government established an advisory committee called " The Women's Committee of the Council of National Defense", which was run by suffragist Dr. Anna Shaw. The committee was only able to achieve limited efforts. The war opened many job opportunities for women. They served in the military and thousands of them were nurses. Women also worked in factories and in the government on their home front.


 These are the women working in the shirtwaist factory.

               Women actually made most of the weaponry like tanks and guns. They also made clothing as you can see in the picture above. During the twentieth century, women's roles in the world wars became indispensable. In many countries the need for female participation in the first World War was seen as almost necessary., as unprecedented numbers of men were wounded and killed. In the Second World War, the need for women arose again. Whether it was on the home front or the front-lines, for civilian or enlisted women, the World Wars started a new era for women's opportunities to contribute in war and be recognized for their efforts outside of the home.