How Has Ww2 Changed American Culture

The greatest generation, those many who served in one of the great wars referred to as World War two (WWII). America has participated in many wars before both foreign and domestic, but this war would change the United States and its role in worldly affairs. Not only would it change USA’s role but also only a smaller level it forever changed American culture and roles of women, men, the majority and minority.
Men have always been the majority and the “superior” gender. With WW2 beginning they would have to concentrate their focus and energy on winning the war with boots on the ground in a foreign soil. Less men means more women on the home front. With majority of men now away, there was a huge hole in the job market that must be filled …show more content…
The household generally ran under one income and that was solely dependent on the male figure. This is not saying there was not single parents, or shared income providers to the family but, in general many families retained only one income to sustain a living. With no man at home many women were forced or chose to help provide for their family but working in in these factories, but still had the task of providing the most adequate care of their children. Perhaps this is beginning of the idea of the women being able to function and multitask as a sole provider of a single parent. The aspect that a single parent is able to be work and provide for their children without the help of a man was not so common but has now become a common trait due to the circumstances of war. Women had to learn to unite and help each other in many ways besides only sharing cooking, cleaning and shopping secrets. Now the collective idea of supporting each other’s families while a person was at work and expecting the same in return. Women supported the war by scavenging resources of metals. The idea of rationing became a huge topic and the resources that was once readily available, now no longer was for sake of the troops deployed. This included saving all kind and scavenging for scraps of precious metals. This was no easy task and required sacrifices from the women in the home front, but the sacrifice was not as steep as the troops deployed laying their life on the line. The inconvenience was well worth it. But blood spilled on the fields would need to be replaced if the ultimate sacrifice was not made by the troops. When a soilder was injured in any kind of way and required medical treatment there needed to be a valuable resource that could not be produced. Blood. Women would hold donation drives to gather as much blood as possible so it can be sent