Women Take Charge
World War II was a time for many changes to take place in the United States and many other countries across the world. The changes varied from devastating to beneficial in some places, but a revival of spirit seemed to sweep across America. Women especially experienced this revival of spirit both physically and mentally during and after the war. Women began to enter the work force in jobs that men held previously. They also changed their appearance, attitude and how people saw them. The roles women played in American society changed significantly during the early twentieth century. Women became an important part of the labor force during World War II. While men were going off to war women were being called on to replace them and keep up the country's economy. Norton states that, more than 6 million women entered the labor force during the war (Norton, 777). Factors such as propaganda and
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001. For example the movie, Rosie the Riveter, compared welding to sewing a dress and punching holes in metal parts to using kitchen utensils. other means of advertisement grabbed women's attention by showing women having fun working and using catchy phrases such as, "Do the Job HE Left Behind" (Norton, 778). Women responded whole heartedly and in great numbers to the ads. The twentieth century changed the normal housewife to a working, independent woman that could finally think and even do for herself. Women would finally be eligible to earn money on their own and be considered independent. Women went from being housewives to riveters, welders, tool makers, and even maintainin!g trains and other engine run machines. Women were also becoming social advocates for birth control, which raised much controversy about the openess in which sex could be talked about. Women's appearances were also affecting their attitudes. First of all, her boldness of traveling alone is a good example of how independent women were becomming.
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