Technological Isolation Research Paper

Technology Ends Isolation
Kemi McBeth
HIS 204
Tami Depasse December 18, 2012

Technology Ends Isolation In what ways has technology ended the physical and intellectual isolation of Americans?
The physical and intellectual isolation of Americans have changed due to the implementation and advancement of medicine, military power and engineering, artificial intelligence, the media, and socially. The innovation of technology not allows you to escape into a world of your own, it allows you to connect with yourself and others stateside and globally. There are many factors that contributed to the advancement of
Women like the ones mentioned above, helped to end the isolation that women faced then and now. Women now have multiple roles: They are mothers, wives, soldiers, students and influential figures in the work force. Women started off working in factories and doing work around the house (maids), and also becoming a nurse on the battlefield when needed. Gender also played a major role in the Civil War. Most often the Civil War is looked upon as a man’s war, but thousands of women also took part in the war. They fought for their cause, love of country, and to stay close to loved ones. Many people were against women serving in the Civil War. It was even against military regulation for women to serve as soldiers. During the Civil War, men in the ranks rarely tolerated women that were found to be serving with them.
The only ones that accepted women in the ranks were the husbands, sweethearts, and brothers of women that followed them to war. Those men wanted the women with them and kept their secret. Even after the war, the armies denied that women served at all. They did not want to acknowledge that women had served alongside men in the war (Zupon p.2,5). The women
Nurse Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross provides disaster relief at home and abroad, they

fund blood drives to help soldiers and civilians, they provide certified courses in health and safety as well as education courses such as CPR. Without the advancement in technology, these women would not have been able to create jobs in the medical field or even sanitary volunteer work. The advancement in technology has helped to end the isolation of women working only as house wives and nurses only on the battlefield. The American Red Cross and the significance of it can be traced as far back to 1881 and continues to provide many service. Women are now physicians and doctors who perform complex operations and deliveries on a daily basis. Without the advancements in technology, women would have to find a new ways to overcome isolation as it pertains to their work ethics, careers and the way they choose to take care of their body. Many Americans have heard of the word technology. Technology comes in many forms and fashions. There are specifics that pertain to the industrialization of the nation and that