A Study On The U.S. Women’s Army Corps During World War Ⅱ

During World War II, women played a crucial role in America just like their male counterparts. Faced with fighting a two-front war and the critical manpower shortage, the Army established the Women’s Army Corps based on the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps, which was the first women’s corps serving in the ranks of the United States Army. The philosophy of the Women’s Army Corps was that women could best support the war effort by performing noncombatant military jobs for which they were already trained. During the wartime, over 150000 American women served in the Women’s Army Corps, they filled the job positions that were occupied by men for a long time, which proves that women could perform “men’s work”. The establishment of Women’s Army Corps during World War II has a profound influence in American history. On the one hand, American women have made a significant contribution to the war effort; they allowed the Army to make the most use of manpower and free men to perform essential combat duties. On the other hand, serving in military during World War II altered the role of women in the American society in considerable dimension. American women broke down the gender barriers and traditional restrictions on female employment in American society by serving in the military, and demonstrated their capabilities in previously male-dominated military area.In order to expound the contributions made by the Women’s Army Corps and analysis its influence, this paper focuses on the Women’s Army Corps during World War II. The full text contains six parts except for the introduction and conclusion.The introduction points out the significance of this article, the current research status, the main content and the innovative point.The first chapter mainly talks about the service of women in the military from American Revolution to the World War I.The second chapter introduces the establishment of the Women’s Army Corps and its recruitment.The third chapter mainly discusses the service of the Women’s Army Corps form two aspects. One is about the service of the Women’s Army Corps in the United States Army, and the other is about their service abroad.The fourth chapter argues the influence of the Women’s Army Corps. Women have made a significant contribution to war by serving in the military; their experience in the military during the wartime had a great effect on themselves as well as the American society.The conclusion mainly analyzes the significance of the women serving in the military in the history of the America, and points out the trend of the women’s recruitment in the military in the post war period.