WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE EUROPEAN THEATER IN WWII
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they could earn more money than the men who did the same work
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they wanted to protest America’s involvement in WWII
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they wanted to prove that they could make good soldiers
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they needed to fill the labor shortage left when the men went off to war
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Detailed explanation-1: -With men off to fight a worldwide war across the Atlantic and the Pacific, women were called to take their place on the production line. The War Manpower Commission, a Federal Agency established to increase the manufacture of war materials, had the task of recruiting women into employment vital to the war effort.
Detailed explanation-2: -During WWII women worked in factories producing munitions, building ships, aeroplanes, in the auxiliary services as air-raid wardens, fire officers and evacuation officers, as drivers of fire engines, trains and trams, as conductors and as nurses.
Detailed explanation-3: -Women’s roles continued to expand in the postwar era. Women who remained in the workplace were usually demoted. But after their selfless efforts during World War II, men could no longer claim superiority over women. Women had enjoyed and even thrived on a taste of financial and personal freedom-and many wanted more.