Women in World War II the Second Essay

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Women in World War II

The Second World War was fought on many fronted. The activities that took place both in the battlefield and outside showed a number of suffering and inhumanity. It will go down in human history that more than six million Jews were killed in a single war. In this war, women were not left behind as they also took an active role in the practice. There eight most notable women who came forth to fight for their side of the battle line. The following study focuses on the similarities and differences of Therese Bonney, May Craig, and Janet Flanner and their contributions during the war.

Comparison

Each of the three women made significant contributions towards the fight during the Second World War. Therese Bonney was a highly educated woman having studied at Harvard among other institutions. She was a career photographer (Wagner, 2011). During the war, she took live photos of innocent civilians who were brutally treated during the war. The center of her focus was the suffering lot. She wanted to have the suffering highlighted to alter the public's view towards the suffering and persuade governments to stop the war.

Just like Therese Bonney, May Graig was a professional journalist.
However, she was in the print media working for Garnette Newspaper based in Maines. This woman was also an anti-war crusader. In all her publications, she sent messages that were tailored to end the war. It appeared to many that the war as getting worse than before as each day progresses. This was because of the content in May Graig's writings (Wagner, 2011). People learned from her and made effort to stop the war. She was against most of the military rules that had been made such as the one banning women from boarding planes. In her articles, she dedicated her writings the victims of the war.

Janet Flanner was an Indian-born British national. Just like here two other compatriots, she was also an anti-war crusader. Another similarity that she had with the rest relates to journalistic background having been a columnist at The New Yorker newspaper. In all her writings, she passed forth messages that served to remind every one of the negative sides of the war. Being a crusader for the abolition of the war, she got attracted to the May Craig and Therese Bonney. Together, they raised a strong campaign force against….....

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