THE COLD WAR 1950 1973
THE COLD WAR
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People expected them to go to college regardless of their career goals
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There were not enough jobs to go around
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Society seemed to assume that a woman’s principal role was as a wife and mother
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The war had provided women with a range of newfound freedoms and opportunities. But as men returned home from military service, circumstances changed. Women left the workforce– voluntarily and begrudgingly – in massive numbers. Marriage rates increased, as did birthrates, within a few years.
Detailed explanation-2: -Women on the home front 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-3: -Women took on new roles in the work force, notably in war production and agriculture. In 1914, the German armaments producer Krupp employed almost no women. By 1917, women made up nearly 30 percent of its 175, 000 workers and a nationwide total of nearly 1.4 million German women were employed in the war labor force.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the Second World War, women proved that they could do “men’s” work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the military and demands for war material increasing, manufacturing jobs opened up to women and upped their earning power. Yet women’s employment was only encouraged as long as the war was on.