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Its very convenient to think of wars as having neat beginnings and endings but thats rarely the case, especially world war ii. With the onset of another world war in 1939, and the creation of the defence of canada regulations docr, a new host of human rights issues came to the fore. Histories of the struggle for womens rights and the gendering of experience are one means for challenging those persistent norms. Many did stay on to work in the growing service industry, however. The story of japanese canadians in world war ii, by barry broadfoot. Around 350,000 women served in the military during world war ii.

But the desire to impose, immediately after the war, a regime of normalization. Canada remembers women on the home front women and war. These measures were important to canada for several reasons. Military history of canada during world war ii wikipedia. Prior to the war, immigration was principally understood within the context of building an agricultural colossus and assembling an army of workers to tear down forests and wrest ore from the belly of the earth. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Women championed a number of important human rights that have become core canadian values the right to vote in provincial and federal elections, the right to own property, the right to earn a fair wage, and finally, the right to be recognized as persons under.

The war years had changed the face of canada s workplaces forever. Canada s history has been shaped by countless determined women who worked to promote and uphold gender equality in canada. After the war, the canadian government wanted to avoid a repeat of the conscription. Many fought for greater rights within canada, as did japanese. The military history of canada during world war ii begins with the german invasion of poland. The best books on the aftermath of world war ii five. How did world war 2 change the role of women in canada. Women, as soon as the war was started, were desperatley needed in the workforce after thousands of job vancancies opened up when the men went to war. The canadian liberation of the netherlands, march 23. The canadian womens army corps followed the same path, with its members starting out as cooks, nurses and seamstresses, but later becoming drivers and mechanics. Discover the best canadian military history in best sellers. Renee morin, women after the war canadian affairs 24 ottawa. Women in uniform took on mostly clerical duties as well as nursing jobs, said hymel. After the second world war ended, incentives for women workerssuch as company day care centresended and they were encouraged to leave the workforce.