WOMENS ROLES IN WWII

BACKROUND

• Industry was prejudiced
• Society put women in the home
• 50% hoped to ban wives from working
• ("Zienhart")

EVENT

• Men at war, who would work?
• Companys had to rally women to work
• US government needed volunteers

EVENT

• 1/4 women volunteered
• WASPs, WAAC, Nurses

EVENT

• Helping out at home
• Grocery rationing
• Victory gardens & home canning
• Rationing created trust

IMPACT

• Women were kicked out when men came back
• Women amazed at paychecks
• Empowered women

WORKS CITED

• Zienhart, Kathryn. "Those amazing wimen of World war 2"
• "American Women in World War II." History.com. A&E Television Networks., Web. 24 Feb. 2015.
• Bryant, Joyce. “How the War Changed the Role of WOmen in the US.” Yale New Haven Teachers Institute. Web. Feb 24, 2015
• Cornell, Caroline. “The Housewives Battle on the Homefront: Women in WW2 ads” California Polytechnic State University. Web. 2010. Feb. 24, 2015
• "American Experience: TV's Most-watched History Series." PBS. PBS, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2015.

WORKS CITED

• National WWII Museum. “American Women in WWII; on the Homefront & beyond.” National WWII Museum. Web. Jun. 19, 2012 Web. Feb. 25, 2015