HISTORY
WORLD WAR I AND THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION
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they became homeless due to the lack of financial support
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they obtained employment in the nation’s war industries
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they joined the armed forces to fight in the war
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they petitioned the US government for the right to vote
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Detailed explanation-1: -World War II changed the lives of women and men in many ways on the Home Front. Wartime needs increased labor demands for both male and female workers, heightened domestic hardships and responsibilities, and intensified pressures for Americans to conform to social and cultural norms.
Detailed explanation-2: -After the war, most women returned home, let go from their jobs. Their jobs, again, belonged to men. However, there were lasting effects. Women had proven that they could do the job and within a few decades, women in the workforce became a common sight.
Detailed explanation-3: -Beginning in December 1941, 350, 000 women served in the United States Armed Forces, during WWII. They had their own branches of services, including: Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (later the Women’s Army Corps or WAC), the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP), and.
Detailed explanation-4: -WW2 gave women and minorities more opportunities to work and progress in society and the military, while also subjecting certain minority groups, such as the Japanese, Germans, and Italians, to government-sponsored discrimination, displacement, and mistreatment.