Due to the fact that around thirty-thousand women had jobs during WW1, they were instrumental to the United States’ victory. Working as fighters, nurses, and cooks, women took their jobs very seriously. These women had to step up and take a stand when volunteering to contribute to the war. A common misconception in the beginning of the 1900’s was that women were less capable than men in the workforce and on the battlefield. They wrongly assumed that men were stronger and women were too weak to work or even witness the war. In reality, the women who fought had equal stamina, strength, and determination as the men. Bringing women into the context of WW1, All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque highlights the few incidents where
