Dorothy, however, did not seem to mind doing the extra work created when her brother left for. After all, Harlan, her future husband, was safe at home in Iowa despite her father’s disapproval. Even with her brother gone, the Sprout family farm was able to remain productive. Even when Dorothy got a job a teacher in Emmetsburg, she still returned home occasionally to help out on the family farm. She saw working on the family farm as more of a nuisance than a patriotic undertaking like women in the WLA saw it as.
Another Iowa farmwomen who was not a member of the WLA was Magdalena (Helen) Tylee. Helen Tylee was born in 1894 in Kindel, Germany. Helen learned English from the wealth German family she worked for and lived with. During World War I, she …show more content…
Despite the fact that they did not fit the Rosie the Riveter image that would inspire the feminist movements of later decades, these women still proved that they could do jobs that were traditionally reserved for men. Many women were patriotic in their role as farmworkers. The women of the WLA demonstrated this time and time again by their eagerness and willingness to work. Despite all the factors that could have kept them home, like gas rationing and children, women still joined the WLA in large numbers. Helen Tylee, a German Immigrant who knew firsthand the importance of food during wartime, also was patriotic about her farm work even though she was not a member of the WLA. Dorothy Sprout, who was also not a member of the WLA, was not very patriotic about farm work but rather saw it as a part of everyday life like what she had been doing before the war. Either way, nearly three million women worked in agriculture during World War II. Their contribution to the Allied victory in World War II was just as important as the contribution made by the women who took jobs building tanks and rifles in the defense
Another Iowa farmwomen who was not a member of the WLA was Magdalena (Helen) Tylee. Helen Tylee was born in 1894 in Kindel, Germany. Helen learned English from the wealth German family she worked for and lived with. During World War I, she …show more content…
Despite the fact that they did not fit the Rosie the Riveter image that would inspire the feminist movements of later decades, these women still proved that they could do jobs that were traditionally reserved for men. Many women were patriotic in their role as farmworkers. The women of the WLA demonstrated this time and time again by their eagerness and willingness to work. Despite all the factors that could have kept them home, like gas rationing and children, women still joined the WLA in large numbers. Helen Tylee, a German Immigrant who knew firsthand the importance of food during wartime, also was patriotic about her farm work even though she was not a member of the WLA. Dorothy Sprout, who was also not a member of the WLA, was not very patriotic about farm work but rather saw it as a part of everyday life like what she had been doing before the war. Either way, nearly three million women worked in agriculture during World War II. Their contribution to the Allied victory in World War II was just as important as the contribution made by the women who took jobs building tanks and rifles in the defense