Men were stripped away from their homes, jobs, and families and women were left to fill the void. WWII played a large role in the lives of women of all races and classes, giving them traditional male jobs and roles. Women who were traditionally stay at home wives and mothers, now found themselves having to take on the jobs their husbands typically had. Women who wanted to join the war effort worked in factories helping to create much needed weapons. As we read in the article “The War,” by Rosalyn Baxandall and Linda Gordon, these factories jobs allowed women, especially African American women that were capable of such skilled labor.…
As more men were being called on to participate and fight in the war, women stepped up to produce the heavy machinery needed for the war and home to keep the country running. Women learned and did well at men-dominated trades like welding, riveting, and engine repair. Women were an integral role for a victory in the war as they were needed for the production and supply of goods to the troops fighting overseas. It was during this time that women disproved the notion that women were incapable of manual and technical labor. The main reason I left a domestic job to be a part of the factory was based on the fact that wages in munition plants and airplane factories were higher.…
US Women World War II changed the lives of women in the United States because women had to do heavy duty jobs just to feed and support their children, while their husbands were at war. Many men didn’t think that women weren’t important during the war because men were the always the ones that did the work. The truth is that women were a very important part of the war. Since the men were busy serving at the war, the woman had to fill in for their husbands or even friends. These jobs include operating hydraulic presses, help make ships for the war, produce aircrafts, ammunition, weapons and other things for the war.…
By 1945, more than 250,000 women had joined the Women’s Army Corps, the Army Nurses Corps, Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service, the Navy Nurses Corps, the Marines, and the Coast Guard (America at War: World War II 1). Although most women that joined filled traditional women’s roles, some replaced men in non-combat jobs (Ganzel 5). Other women stayed home and took over the men’s home front position (America at War: World War II 1). The traditional image that females maintained was challenged; therefore, the women’s standards were altered. In today’s society, women are held accountable for much more than in the…
World War II changed both the types of work women would do and how challenging the work was. World War II provided various opportunities for women to apply for jobs that would have never been open to women before. Some major contributions that women gave America during World War Two is support, factory working, auxiliary forces and nursing. In this brutal war many soldiers would often lose faith and hope rather quickly.…
Women are now judges, lawyers, marines, SWAT, FBI, & can do it just as well or even better as males. They even “...came out of the Second World War with a high degree of organizational capital that should have seen them advance into managerial positions” (Wilson). Women changed the game for women all around the U.S. They felt like it was okay to have opinions and having the right to work and this later on resulted in women having rights and also the right to vote. Due to World War II, the lives of women changed in three ways: being able to work in the army and be pilots, women standing up for themselves the get the same privileges as men, and women working from the homefront, feeling confident, and like they have a…
Starting December, 1941, the United States entered a global affair otherwise known as World War II. This war forced every capable individual of stepping up to the plate, and doing what the country needed at the time. Not only did men get sent overseas, women did too by finding themselves in Europe and numerous Pacific Islands. Besides women taking part in the war eastward, they had a duty to help on American soil. Although this was unprecedented, at least to this extent, women knew they needed to help the United States in its quest to win the war, and protect the world from fascism.…
World War II was not the first time the women were used to help fight a war. In World War I women were also used to cleaned, cooked and took care of the house. Also women were the ones who had the victory gardens for the soldiers when they returned home from the war. They took care of the kids and satisfied the men. Women worked in factories making artillery, like ammunition for the soldiers so the men didn’t have to do so much work.…
Women Not Treated Equally: When United States entered the World War II, men were required to join the military, and which made the women to enter the workforce. Women earned less money than men for doing the same job. Women were able to perform the jobs that men did, but they were still seen as typical housewives. The role of the women played at the home front was imperative, but they didn’t get any credit for what…
As a result, “to keep the country going and to support the war effort, and American women were asked to help” (Coster). Furthermore, women was so willing to sacrifice themselves to support all the needs for the war because by the span of the war six million or more women are labor workers. The government made a surprising yet successful strategy to include women in the war effort. The decision paid off because it benefited many American and allied…
In previous wars Women had trivial roles with the expectation they would stay at home to fulfil domestic activities. However, World War II changed women’s roles within in society majorly, despite society’s initial reluctance to accept them into the workplace. Women were very passionate towards these improvements and the opportunities to participate on the front line of war. To conclude; World War II had a major role in shaping the lives and roles of women in society of…
World War II changed the image of women 's roles in many areas; a major part of that change was seen with women taking over male-dominated jobs. Before the start of the World Wars a female 's job was to be a wife, mother, and homemaker. After men started…
These women were no longer thought of as just housewives, but were seen as capable of “men’s” work. WACs, WASPs, and Rosie the Riveters proved that they were capable and reliable. The Rosie the Riveters helped the United States defeat the Axis Powers in World War II by producing tanks, guns, artillery pieces, warships, and ammunition. In addition, WACs and WASPs assumed noncombat jobs and freed men for combat overseas. These women were not confined to traditional roles but, instead, created new paths for women to follow.…
Before World War II women were limited in their social, political and economic rights. Women were unable to earn a wage comparable to men. Women were also greatly limited in their career opportunities when compared to men. Due to expectations of getting married, child rearing, and taking care of the home, women did not have much representation outside of the domicile. The war changed American politics, economics and social rights for women.…
Introduction: (General, background info on Roaring Twenties and Great Depression, 4-6 sent.) In the Roaring Twenties (1918-1945), it was a time of pushing the limits in social culture and a test of people’s endurance. The unemployment rate was at 15% and the U.S. remained neutral in a period of pre-1941. Then the government programs increased, World War II began in Europe and Asia in 1941.…