Freedom in the 1940’s and what it meant to people
Freedom to many different people mean many different things especially in a time period like the 1940’s.For many people like the Jew’s who were being actively killed in Europe or the Japanese in America who were locked into camps after pearl harbor.Many of these people didn’t have the freedom to live the way they wanted to. On the other hand though, in America, women were finally getting freedom in the workplace.
During the 1940’s there were many changes to the freedom to what was known as the typical family, a stay at home wife, working husband, and one or two children. During the 1940’s however, with World War II in full swing, many husbands and sons had left to help on the war front, and …show more content…
The late 1940’s, after the war came with a great political outburst known as the start of the ‘McCarthy era’. The change happened quickly as after the war, “Moreover, after Republicans capture Congress in 1946 and began to investigate domestic communism, those who rued a second Red scare developed a new theme.”(Rusher, V-A-A). This red scare evolved further causing many to allege others as put simply, “Many of the alleged spies and communists were neither, they said, but simply liberal-minded innocents who were falsely defamed in order to feed the propaganda mills of political opportunists who needed to find communists everywhere.”(Rusher,V-A-A). So with the McCarthy era starting and causing a red scare, many were blamed falsely and lost many freedoms politically or otherwise because of he said she said. Another topic covered through different mean also was affected by the political spectrum, women in militant jobs, or workplaces. About midway toward the end of WWII several new corps were created, “In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed bills to establish the Women’s Military Army Corps and the Women’s Reserve U.S. Naval Reserve, known respectively as the WACS and the WAVES.”(Sedlack, W-P-V-R-WWII-V). Furthermore, “On Feb. 13, 1943, Roosevelt authorized the U.S. Marines Corps Women’s Reserve--the last branch of the service to …show more content…
Between the issues with the attempted genocide of the jewish, or the changes of the typical family, or even the changes in the military, freedom changed for many in this decade. The ideals of freedom have changed in this decade. Even if they continue to change, there will never be such a large change between the thoughts of freedom as such in this
Freedom to many different people mean many different things especially in a time period like the 1940’s.For many people like the Jew’s who were being actively killed in Europe or the Japanese in America who were locked into camps after pearl harbor.Many of these people didn’t have the freedom to live the way they wanted to. On the other hand though, in America, women were finally getting freedom in the workplace.
During the 1940’s there were many changes to the freedom to what was known as the typical family, a stay at home wife, working husband, and one or two children. During the 1940’s however, with World War II in full swing, many husbands and sons had left to help on the war front, and …show more content…
The late 1940’s, after the war came with a great political outburst known as the start of the ‘McCarthy era’. The change happened quickly as after the war, “Moreover, after Republicans capture Congress in 1946 and began to investigate domestic communism, those who rued a second Red scare developed a new theme.”(Rusher, V-A-A). This red scare evolved further causing many to allege others as put simply, “Many of the alleged spies and communists were neither, they said, but simply liberal-minded innocents who were falsely defamed in order to feed the propaganda mills of political opportunists who needed to find communists everywhere.”(Rusher,V-A-A). So with the McCarthy era starting and causing a red scare, many were blamed falsely and lost many freedoms politically or otherwise because of he said she said. Another topic covered through different mean also was affected by the political spectrum, women in militant jobs, or workplaces. About midway toward the end of WWII several new corps were created, “In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed bills to establish the Women’s Military Army Corps and the Women’s Reserve U.S. Naval Reserve, known respectively as the WACS and the WAVES.”(Sedlack, W-P-V-R-WWII-V). Furthermore, “On Feb. 13, 1943, Roosevelt authorized the U.S. Marines Corps Women’s Reserve--the last branch of the service to …show more content…
Between the issues with the attempted genocide of the jewish, or the changes of the typical family, or even the changes in the military, freedom changed for many in this decade. The ideals of freedom have changed in this decade. Even if they continue to change, there will never be such a large change between the thoughts of freedom as such in this