It was on August 1945 when the war had ended, soldiers were returning home and everyone was celebrating their return. Due to the return of the men, the women who had taken over these men’s jobs were being forced to leave their current job in order for the men to take them back. Controllers of the women’s services had been told as early as 1944 ‘that the war was de-escalating’ and that women should be given discharge as their service were not essential anymore (Adam-Smith,1984). Women were being discharged at a high rate of 150 a day, this later on rose to 190 a day by mid 1945. To contrary belief, many of these women were happy to return to their domestic lifestyle as by leaving this pre-war lifestyle to help in the war effort they had to postpone things such as marriage and having kids. However, even after Australian women returned pre-war lifestyle their contribution to WWII made to the later feminist
It was on August 1945 when the war had ended, soldiers were returning home and everyone was celebrating their return. Due to the return of the men, the women who had taken over these men’s jobs were being forced to leave their current job in order for the men to take them back. Controllers of the women’s services had been told as early as 1944 ‘that the war was de-escalating’ and that women should be given discharge as their service were not essential anymore (Adam-Smith,1984). Women were being discharged at a high rate of 150 a day, this later on rose to 190 a day by mid 1945. To contrary belief, many of these women were happy to return to their domestic lifestyle as by leaving this pre-war lifestyle to help in the war effort they had to postpone things such as marriage and having kids. However, even after Australian women returned pre-war lifestyle their contribution to WWII made to the later feminist