AMERICAN IMPERIALISM 1890 1919
THE UNITED STATES IN WORLD WAR I
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World War I
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The Civil War
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World War II
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The Cold War
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Detailed explanation-1: -Five million women entered the workforce between 1940-1945. The gap in the labor force created by departing soldiers meant opportunities for women. In particular, World War II led many women to take jobs in defense plants and factories around the country.
Detailed explanation-2: -They also drove trucks, repaired airplanes, worked as laboratory technicians, rigged parachutes, served as radio operators, analyzed photographs, flew military aircraft across the country, test-flew newly repaired planes, and even trained anti-aircraft artillery gunners by acting as flying targets.
Detailed explanation-3: -By 1945, nearly one out of four married women was working outside the home. Women labored in construction, drove trucks, cut lumber and worked on farms. They worked in factories, building munitions, planes, trains and ships.