4. Women and World War 2 Part 2

1. What is the defense industry ?
they make weapons
2.  How did minority women suffer
they suffered because these jobs were for men
3. How many women served in the armed forces during WWII ?
350,000 women served
4. How did women working in factories change the idea of what women were capable of?
women can do the work as men
5. What did the WASPs do during the war?
They worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work to free up men for combat.
6. What happened to women's jobs after the war was over?
if you was over 14 they worked outside their home
5. Who was Rosie the Riverter and what was her purpose?

6. Include a picture of Rosie in your blog post

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American women and World War II


  • World War II provided a new level of opportunities for American women to enter into jobs that had never before been open to women, particularly in the defense industry.
  • Women faced challenges in overcoming cultural stereotypes against working women, as well as finding adequate childcare during working hours. Minority women also endured discrimination and dislocation during the war years.
  • 350,000 women served in the armed forces during World War II.
  • After the war, women were fired from many factory jobs. Nevertheless, within a few years, about a third of women older than 14 worked outside the home.
World War II changed both the type of work women did and the volume at which they did it.

 Five million women entered the workforce between 1940-1945. The gap in the labor force created by departing soldiers meant opportunities for women. 

In particular, World War II led many women to take jobs in defense plants and factories around the country. 

These jobs provided unprecedented opportunities to move into occupations previously thought of as exclusive to men, especially the aircraft industry, where a majority of workers were women by 1943.

Women in the war

Approximately 350,000 American women joined the military during World War II. They worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work to free up men for combat.
Those who joined the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) flew planes from the factories to military bases. Some were killed in combat or captured as prisoners of war. Over sixteen hundred female nurses received various decorations for courage under fire.
Women after the war
Social commentators worried that when men returned from military service there would be no jobs available for them, and admonished women to return to their "rightful place" in the home as soon as victory was at hand. Although as many as 75% of women reported that they wanted to continue working after World War II, women were laid off in large numbers at the end of the war.
But women's participation in the work force bounced back relatively quickly. Despite the stereotype of the "1950s housewife," by 1950 about 32% of women were working outside the home, and of those, about half were married. World War II had solidified the notion that women were in the workforce to stay.

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