Introduction
The encountering of women who joined what used to be an Army of "men" changed the way that we look at women and their physical and mental capabilities. At first many military men where surprised that many women wanted to join the Army, many also thought that the women would be too soft and fragile to be able to join the Army. Although they were underestimated, because when WW II came, over 150,000 women were already enlisted in the Women’s Army Corps (WAC).
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Slowly, but surely, the women have proven themselves trustworthy as well as reliable to carry out what has to be done. Whether it was from doing administrator work or being out in the battlefield as a surgical nurse, the women who proudly joined the Army stuck with the men to gain their trust and make them change their minds about the capabilities of women. They prevailed, the WAC was the first military group that gave women ranks within the Army. |