Ever since America began engaging in warfare, there has been a controversy …show more content…
Since the time of our first armies, in our revolutionary war, women under many circumstances have served in the military, often times sneaking into combat roles as men. For the most part, these women in the military did partake in their assigned duties which were limited to nursing, cooking and mending men’s battered uniforms (“women”). Then these opportunities were expanded with the establishment of the women's army corps in 1943, which offered women larger roles in our military, but was not considered equal to those roles of the men who were serving (Bellafaire). The noticeable time when women started to make progress with the quality of men was with the passing of the women's armed service act of 1948, which gave women a permanent place in the military. Finally allowing females to have benefits viewed similarly to those of men in similar