In recognition of Women’s History Month in March, students in Ms. Marcial’s social studies classes at Copiague Middle School participated in a museum walk to celebrate the influential women of World War I.

Students have been learning about the role women played during a crucial period of the war and how it impacted their status in society. Ms. Marcial set up four different stations around the classroom for groups to rotate through and gather facts. The first station featured the Women’s Land Army of America, an organization that began after men left for war, leaving few to tend the fields. As a result, members established farming units across 33 states and harvested the nation’s food supply from 1918-1919. 

In station two, students learned about the American Red Cross and the more than 22,000 professionally trained female nurses recruited to help serve in the war. 

During station three, groups viewed how the telephone became the essential form of communication for the first time in war and the women who worked as switchboard operators. 

In the final station, students read about the Women’s Motor Corps of America, a volunteer organization of drivers and mechanics. These women provided supplemental aid to the U.S. Army and Navy by transporting supplies and troops during the war.