Women Airforce Service Pilots

Shortly before World War II began, women were trying to enact changes in their lives. For a long time many women had a struggle finding gainful employment outside the home. A lot of women would work in family businesses in an unpaid position and doing things like preparing food, making goods to be used at home, cleaning and taking care of children. Women stil do all these things today while maintaining an outside job. At that period in time most upper class white women in the United States were…

Women who served during World War II contributed greatly as pilots, nurses, and in the home front. During 1942 the United States had built many planes in the war factories each month for the war, in addition, these military planes happened to be needed to be delivered to air bases, but the U.S. was short in supply of pilots, however, in 1943, there had been a call out to women to do the flying, in place of the men. There were twenty five thousand women who’d applied, but only 1,100 got chosen as…

Women Roles During World War II World War II forever changed the normative role of women. Before the war, a woman’s worth was determined by what she can do within her household. They were seen as inferior to men and exemplified the traditional role of taking care of the children, cooking and cleaning. However, the war changed people’s thoughts and ideas which gave women tremendous opportunities. World War II created jobs for women when the men in their families left for the war. These jobs that…

After this women began to take a role in helpping the war effort after men enlisted in the military and rushed off to war. Many women started to loose their homemaker image and work outside the home. By 1945 one out of every four married women worked outside of the home. These women changed everyday women 's roles by working in industry, military, and the community around them. World War II changed the image of women 's roles in many areas; a major part of that change was seen with women…

's laundry stove) — but only as a nurse”(Starbird 14). Women were once only allowed to the house chores however, in WWII this type of society changed. During WWII women were essential to the U.S. war effort through their involvement at home, serving the military, and contributions made by volunteers in the war. When WWII broke out so many men were shipped out to fight the war that industries switching to war production were forced to hire women to do the jobs men had traditionally held. Rosie…

Every year we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11th. Veterans Day is a day where we honor the men and women, dead or alive who served in the military. There are four different branches of the military; Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marines, and each branch plays a unique role in our country. When I discovered the benefits of the military, like free college after 36 months, or amazing Medicare, I thought, “I should join the military!” When I hear the word military, the first thing that…

Women were allowed the opportunity to serve in Military Conflicts during the Span of the American Revolution. However, it was not until World War II, (September 1, 1939 – September 2, 1945) when it was decided that Women would be allowed to officially serve in the Military. During this phase, Women were used to serve in different capacities to assist with certain areas of operations, such as Nurses, Cooks, and Communications Representatives. These positions were labeled as “gender appropriate…

Polina Makogon, Zhigulenko’s initial pilot during her work has a navigator before becoming a pilot herself was killed in a mid-air collision with a German plane (Noggle, 2001). Popova herself lost many of her friends on one, singular mission, seeing them burn up in the sky in front of her eyes. She later recalled crying…

were women’s roles. Because of WWII the roles of women changed drastically, more women joined the workforce and proved that they were able to work in “male industries”. Women also gained many things through WWII, like less of a wage gap, less gender gaps in the workforce, and the debarring of the marriage bar. Before World War II many women were stay at home mothers, or housewives. Men were employed and made up most of the workforce as women stayed home cooking, cleaning, and were left to…

So with this mini-series, how many episodes are you planning? wp-1474256234630.pngRight now, we're thinking about ten episodes. That's the number we have in mind. It is scripted, and there will be actors. It's not a documentary. We are filming the women now, while we still have them, to be part of our special features on the DVD. There have been quite a number of documentaries in short form. I think PBS did a long documentary. But we really want to get away from the documentary style only…