PROTESTS ACTIVISM AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE 1954 1973
THE WOMENS MOVEMENT
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They stayed home as housewives.
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They worked in factories, welding and making weapons for the war.
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They worked low paying jobs such as secretary and assistant work.
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Women stayed out of the war almost entirely.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Approximately 350, 000 American women joined the military during World War II. They worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work.
Detailed explanation-2: -While the most famous image of female patriotism during World War II is Rosie the Riveter, women were involved in other aspects of the war effort outside of factories. More than six million women took wartime jobs in factories, three million volunteered with the Red Cross, and over 200, 000 served in the military.
Detailed explanation-3: -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.
Detailed explanation-4: -Before the war, most working women were in traditionally female fields like nursing and teaching. Post-Pearl Harbor, women worked in a variety of positions previously closed to them, though the aviation industry saw the greatest increase in female workers.