women's roles in world war 2
World War II defines America and widened the horizons of many American women. All women who were involved in the war shared in the patriotism of the war, but the devastation in Europe, the unleashing of atomic weapons on Japan, the deaths of loved ones, and the emotional difficulties many men faced in coming home, made women question war as a means of solving international problems. Although many knew the war had opened new opportunities to them and their loved ones, it also brought abiding sorrow and a sense that the world had entered a new phase of its history. Women on the home front played a big part in the war efforts and accomplished very much. In 1939 the Depression was still very much on everyone's mind. Nearly one third of all Americans had been out of work in 1933 (The Timetables of History pg. 79). Many of those who were working were working part time or at a reduced pay. Government intervention during the Depression had mainly given jobs to men. There was a lot of discrimination against women, especially in the "better" jobs like teaching, civil service, and secretarial work. Men and women had different types of jobs. Women did clerical work, or worked on the lower sca
From there women were sent to Italy to serve with the 5th Army and these women moved all over Italy during the Italalian campaign handling the communications; they earned commendations, bronze stars and the respect of their fellow soldiers. Harris-The Home front: America During World War II). To fill the shortage, society could have gone back to child labor as in the preceding century. ------------------------------------------------------------------------**Bibliography**. Instead, societ!y asked women to fill the jobs, and they rushed to take them. But there is no denying that there was a new sense of freedom. As a rule, they were the last hired, and the last fired. The Depression had been especially hard on Blacks. Domestic service isolated women from other workers and encouraged exploitation. Ironically, women weren't in the Navy, Marines and Coast Guard because regulations did not permit them to serve overseas until the war was almost over. Women performed admirably in every conceivable job imaginable including the dedicated WASPS who flew military aircraft to destination bases, suffered casualties, and yet were denied full military status. As soon as the war started, it brought a tremendous shortage of labor.
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