USA HISTORY

Most employed women during the war worked in

(A) military support positions

(B) industrial jobs

(C) the factory

(D) child care

(E) ** the service sector

Concept note-1: -With millions of men away from home, women filled manufacturing and agricultural positions on the home front. Others provided support on the front lines as nurses, doctors, ambulance drivers, translators and, in rare cases, on the battlefield.

Concept note-2: -The high demand for weapons resulted in the munitions factories becoming the largest single employer of women during 1918. Though there was initial resistance to hiring women for what was seen as ‘men’s work’, the introduction of conscription in 1916 made the need for women workers urgent.

Concept note-3: -In terms of occupations (according to ISCO), in the third quarter of 2021, women were over-represented among clerical support workers (66%), service and sales workers (63%), professionals (54%) and people with elementary occupations (53%).

Concept note-4: -After the war, most women returned home, let go from their jobs. Their jobs, again, belonged to men. However, there were lasting effects. Women had proven that they could do the job and within a few decades, women in the workforce became a common sight.