Throughout the Great Depression women struggled to have equal job opportunities.
Men worked higher paying jobs in construction and corporate jobs while women received lower positions in sewing rooms and women of color were paid even less.
Before the war women were supposed to be dedicated to the domestic lifestyle. But once men enlisted in war, their roles were to take over traditional male roles and work force.
Rosie the Riveter was used as a cultural figure of female independence and representation of working women in America.
Many women who believed that they deserved rights just like men involved themselves in peaceful protests, marches, and other forms of trying to gain equality.