WOMEN IN WORLD WAR 2

THERE WERE ABOUT 350,000 WOMEN THAT JOINED THE U.S ARMED FORCE.

ELEANOR AND WOMEN GRUOPS IMPRESSED THE BRITISH ABOUT THEIR USE IN WOMEN.

GENERAL MARSHALL SUPPORTED THE IDEA OF WOMEN SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES.

IN MAY 1942,CONGRESS INSTITUED THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY ARMY CORPS .

MANY YOUNG GIRLS FOUND JOBS IN DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

AS IN WORLD WAR 1 WOMEN WERE CALLED TO HELP ON THE LAND.

THIS WAS CALLED WOMEN'S LAND ARMY.(WLA)

THE GOVERNMENT TRIED TO SHOW HOW THE WLA WAS EASY IT WAS

VERY HARD MANY WORKERS LIVED NEAR FARMS AND COTTAGES.

MEN DID THE SAME WORK AS WOMEN IN FACTORIES AND STILL GOT PAID .

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QUSTIONS

• How many women joined the Armed Force?
• Who got paid more women or men?
• In what year congress instituted the Auxiliary Army Corps?
• Who supported the idea of women in the Armed Forces?
• Where did women mostly lived for their jobs?