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  2. American women in World War I - Wikipedia

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    1917 poster encouraging American women to participate in the war effort. World War I marked the first war in which American women were allowed to enlist in the armed forces. While thousands of women did join branches of the army in an official capacity, receiving veterans status and benefits after the war's close, the majority of female ...

  3. United States in World War I - Wikipedia

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    World War I saw women taking traditionally men's jobs in large numbers for the first time in American history. Many women worked on the assembly lines of factories, assembling munitions. Some department stores employed African American women as elevator operators and cafeteria waitresses for the first time. [47] Most women remained housewives.

  4. Women in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The first American women enlisted into the regular armed forces were 13,000 women admitted into active duty in the U.S. Navy during the war. They served stateside in jobs and received the same benefits and responsibilities as men, including identical pay (US$28.75 per month), and were treated as veterans after the war.

  5. United States campaigns in World War I - Wikipedia

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    The year the United States entered World War I was marked by near disaster for the Allies on all the European fronts. A French offensive in April, with which the British cooperated, was a failure, and was followed by widespread mutinies in the French armies.

  6. Hello Girls - Wikipedia

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    Hello Girls operating switchboards at general headquarters in Chaumont, France (November 5, 1918). Hello Girls was the colloquial name for American female switchboard operators in World War I, formally known as the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit.

  7. Wikipedia:Featured pictures/History/World War I - Wikipedia

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    Joan of Arc saved France–Women of America, save your country–Buy War Savings Stamps at War savings stamps of the United States, by Coffin and Haskell (edited by Durova) Canadian victory bond poster in English at Military history of Canada during World War I , author unknown (edited by Durova )

  8. Consulate of the United States, Liverpool - Wikipedia

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    The United States Consulate in Liverpool, England, was established in 1790, and was the first overseas consulate founded by the then fledgling United States of America. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Liverpool was at the time an important center for transatlantic commerce and a vital trading partner for the former Thirteen Colonies .

  9. Category:American women in World War I - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "American women in World War I" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 293 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .