Women in The Military
History of Women's Impact in The Military
Coursework Connection
General Findings
100
The percent of our Active Duty soldiers are female
What is 14.4%?
100
The time Women served as nurses, cooks, and laundresses in the military

What is 1775-1917

100

The primary reason that women were discriminated in the military

What is based off of gender and stigmas?

100

The percent of Lesbian, Gay, or Bisexual soldiers in 2015

What is 5.8%?
200

True or False: There is a stigma towards women being frail and weak in the military which is why they aren't featured in promotional advertisement.

What is True?

200

The war/battle that women were discovered dressing up as men and fighting in the war

What is the civil war/ Battle of Gettysburg?

200

The traditional attribute originally correlated to dominance in a position in society

What is masculinity?

200

Increasing quality of women recruitment and the elimination of bias requires

What is decreasing the "ceiling" and increase the ratio and presence of women?

300

All military positions opened for women to serve in decreed by NATO

When is 2015?

300

The war that was happening when women finally could serve in the military as support staff and field nurses

What is World War I?

300

The similarity to the workforce and the military for women

What is unequal opportunity and pay?

300

The percentage increase of women in the military since 1973

What is 12%?

400

The vehicle Women could operate or work on for the military in 1993

What are fighter jets or battleships

400

The year Congress passes a bill stating women can receive veteran benefits

When is 1948

400

The year women were finally accepted into all combat positions in the US military

When is 2015

400

The reason soldiers believe women are underrepresented 

What is women in high positions of power potentially threaten a man's masculinity?

500

The military devised two categories of troops and it leads to under-representation to women and positions of power.

What are units that do not participate in combat missions and therefore don't get accredited?

500

Daily Double!

The policy in 70's in regards to women serving in the military states

What is women could equal no more than 2% in the enlisted ranks and banned female soldiers from being assigned to combat units?

500

The term used for gender segregation in the workplace

What is Occupational Segregation?

500

The bias male soldiers had towards females in surveys

What is they said they were: weaker in fitness, less sociable, and poor military demeanor?

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