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During World War I, women in the Western world, including Europe, Canada, and the United States, contributed to the war efforts on both the home fronts and the battlefields. [2] Women's employment rates skyrocketed in domestic and industrial sectors. [ 4 ]
Margaret Holmes, AM (1909–2009) – Australian activist during the Vietnam War, member Anglican Pacifist Fellowship; Amelia Lambrick (1864–1956) was an Australian public servant and pacifist; Isabel Longworth (1881–1961) – Australian dentist and peace activist
The following is a list of female agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.
Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...
SOE made use of neutral territory on occasion, or made plans and preparations in case neutral countries were attacked by the Axis. The organisation directly employed or controlled more than 13,000 people, of whom 3,200 were women. [2] Both men and women served as agents in Axis-occupied countries. The organisation was dissolved in 1946.
This is a list of people who were compelled into becoming prostitutes for the Japanese Imperial Army as "comfort women" during World War II. [ 1 ] Several decades after the end of the war, a number of former comfort women demanded formal apologies and a compensation from the Government of Japan , with varying levels of success.
The number of Australian women in paid employment increased from 644,000 in 1939, to 855,000 in 1944. While this was only a five percentage point increase in the proportion of all Australian women who were working, large numbers of women moved from traditionally "female" roles such as domestic servants into "male" roles in industry.
Throughout history, women have assumed diverse roles during periods of war, contributing to war efforts in various capacities. In more ancient times, women often accompanied armies on campaigns, primarily taking on roles such as cooking, laundry, and other support tasks as relations or camp followe