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__WW1 WOMEN__ __Women Enlist for war__ ​  ​  Women finally got the chance to join the war in 1901-1908. They established the Army and Navy Nurse corps. This aloud the women to enlist in WW1. Over 13,000 women enlisted into the war. At first women could only join the Navy and Marine Corps, but later the government aloud women to join the Coast Guard. This was a huge mile stone in life for women because this aloud them to take part in the wars instead of hanging out on the side lines.

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​ __Nurse Helen Fairchild__ Nurse Helen Fairchild was born on Nov.21,1885. She graduated from Pennsylvania Hospital in 1913 as a nurse. She volunteered overseas with 63 other woen from Penn. Hospital. She was assigned on duty as a nurse on May 17th 1917. She nursed in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele. The following year she died in a coma on Jan.18.1918 after she under wne t a gastro-esterastomy operation.

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300 women volunteered to be long-distance operators to work the switchboards that connected the foot-soliders in the trenches to the generals behind the lines. These women were the 1st women to join the U.S Army, that weren't entering the war as nurses.They were also the 1st women to be sworn into the U.S Army as veterans. It wasn't until 60 years later that those women got reconized as verterans. before the women were shipped overseas, they had to go to New Jersey to get trained for self defense in case their behind-the-lines position got ran over. It wasn't always easy being the women. 

​__//Women's Skit!!!//__ Women 1:Ashley Women 2:Marie

Women 1: Can you beleive that another war borke out! Women 2: I know, its insane. My husband just enlisted for the war yesterday. Women 1: So did mine and I did to. Women 2: NO, how is that possible? Women 1: Well they just passed a law saying that we women can join the Army or the Navy as nurses. Women 2: Well how many women can join? Women 1: About 13,000. Women 2: Wow thats a lot! Women 1: Yeah I know. Women 2: But don't you need schooling to become a nurse? Women 1: Yes I started mine a few months ago. Women 2: What else can us women do to help out with the war? Women 1: Well you can volunteer to be a bilingual long distance operator to help run the switchboards! Women 2: What is that? Women 1: what is what? Women 2:Well what do the switchboards do? Women1: Ohhhh!! Well it alows the foot-soldiers in the trenches to connect to the generals behind the lines. Women 2: Ohh, well thats smart! How many women are they alowing to volunteer? Women 1: About 300. Women 2: Thats not that many!! Women 1: well its better then nothing. Women 2: I guess your right. Well what are the requirments for this position? Women​ 1: Well you need to be at least 25 years old and you need to speak both french and english. Women 2: Well Im 28 so i could join and I speak both french and english! Women 1: Well now you can help out with the war. Women 2: I guess soo. Thank you for everything! Women 1: You welcome.

__Bibliograghy__ "Nurse Helen Fairchild."__The Medical Front__.Dec.22.09 

"The Unsung Women Of World War One, The Singnal Women."__Userpages.__ Jan.4.10 

"WW1 Thirty Thousand Women were there."__Userpages.__ Dec.18.09 