WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE START OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR
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They stayed at home and took care of the family.
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Many of the women joined the military and fought in the war.
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The women took over many of the factory job that men left, making the weapons to fight the war.
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Women did not play much of a role in World War II.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Women in the war Approximately 350, 000 American women joined the military during World War II. They worked as nurses, drove trucks, repaired airplanes, and performed clerical work. Some were killed in combat or captured as prisoners of war.
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: -Women labored in construction, drove trucks, cut lumber and worked on farms. They worked in factories, building munitions, planes, trains and ships.