During World War II American women took news jobs in the military and defense industry.
Log in Jeff Kelman 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to Jeff Kelman's post “Were it not for World War...” Were it not for World War II and all of the involvement of women in the military industrial complex, could it be argued, that women around the western world would have perhaps been relegated to certain allegedly "female" job types and occupations? I hate to think that a war has any good that can come of it, but is this perhaps one thing that was "good"? • (11 votes) Samantha Moone #Writer's Alliance 7 years agoPosted 7 years ago. Direct link to Samantha Moone #Writer's Alliance's post “I agree with hs4j, war is...” I agree with hs4j, war is not good, but the War did get the U.S. out of the Great Depression, and it proved to many that women were capable of doing more than keeping the house clean and the family fed. (22 votes) raygunner 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to raygunner's post “did women ever get a chan...” did women ever get a chance like this again • (4 votes) sarah mazur 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to sarah mazur's post “Well, because of their wo...” Well, because of their work in WWll women started standing up more for equality, but "getting a chance" at working men's jobs whilst they were away at war didn't really happen as much as, maybe Vietnam. It's also argued that (though women should be drafted to receive full equality as men) they will be needed again to be the backbone of the economy if we do decide to go into a major war again and start drafting. (7 votes) ._. a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to ._.'s post “Why did they no let the w...” Why did they no let the women keep their jobs? • (2 votes) David Alexander a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “A white middle-class assu...” A white middle-class assumption 80 years ago was that a man should support his family, and that when a married woman took a job, it diminished a man's status. So, men returning from the war assumed that the jobs were theirs, and the culture told married women that they should not have jobs outside of the home. Beyond that, with the war production jobs not needed any more, and soldiers, sailors & marines no longer in uniform, there were not enough jobs to go around. When push came to shove, women got shoved out. (9 votes) edie 8 years agoPosted 8 years ago. Direct link to edie's post “If america was at war , w...” If america was at war , why couldn,t they ration cosmetics and melt the cases of makeup to make war weapons ? I think winning a war means more than keeping women pretty. • (0 votes) Preston Tucker 6 years agoPosted 6 years ago. Direct link to Preston Tucker's post “You're all missing the po...” You're all missing the point, the point was they had to keep the soldiers morale up it wasn't about rations, if the US Army had no morale. . .There would be no army, well not a well motivated one that is. (21 votes) 24tirottaaj a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to 24tirottaaj's post “Why did many women and mi...” Why did many women and minority Americans contribute to the war effort despite at times facing discrimination? • (2 votes) chhuon.menglin a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to chhuon.menglin's post “WW2 had a positive and pr...” WW2 had a positive and prosperous impact on women's job availability. As can be known, a large number of men went to war and left many jobs for women to do. Moreover, the war seemed to expose women's abilities and talents in which they had not been given opportunities to do so. In corresponding to the article, Rosie and Riveter brought the strength of women to inform the world that they were also rigorous and able to work as men. Plus, women had a propensity to be masculine, all of working women were demanded to apply makeup and cosmetics in order to retain their beauty standards. Rosie was a symbol of that one. During wartime, it is such a hard time when people only want to survive. If there were numerous jobs available for women, clerical work would be more appropriate for women. Evidently, men came to the war to combat enemies, and a lot of jobs were clerical ones. • (3 votes) MadLlama 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to MadLlama's post “Why were men so mean abou...” Why were men so mean about not letting women work out of their home? • (2 votes) David Alexander 2 years agoPosted 2 years ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Nobody, NOBODY, wants to ...” Nobody, NOBODY, wants to give up an advantage that they believe is based on "nature". Men had the upper hand for centuries. They gave up only a little bit, and very slowly, then wanted it all back when the war ended. (3 votes) 1108412 a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to 1108412's post “When was this written and...” When was this written and who is the author • (3 votes) David Alexander a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to David Alexander's post “Portions of this article ...” Portions of this article were adapted from "The Home Front," OpenStax College, US History. OpenStax CNX. 2016. You can learn about the OpenStax US History book at openstax.org/details/books/us-history (0 votes) Emily Tavares a year agoPosted a year ago. Direct link to Emily Tavares's post “Who was this written by a...” Who was this written by and when. Please respond as soon as you can. Thank you. • (3 votes) Shellina J. Casey✌🏼 9 months agoPosted 9 months ago. Direct link to Shellina J. Casey✌🏼's post “Emily Tavares-Under the ...” Emily Tavares- (1 vote) Jazmin Alvarez 5 years agoPosted 5 years ago. Direct link to Jazmin Alvarez's post “How did employment change...” How did employment change for African-Americans during the war? • (2 votes)Want to join the conversation?
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