HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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They stayed home and cleaned the house.
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They took over jobs traditionally reserved for men.
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They went out dancing, drinking and cursing.
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They waited for the men to come home because they felt hopeless.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Initially, women took on traditional female roles such as clerks or cooks. But as more men left to fight and women were conscripted, the roles multiplied to include mechanics, radar operators, military police and drivers.
Detailed explanation-2: -Generally women were seen as wives and mothers, taking care of the home and the children was their job. If married women did work they were in jobs seen as women’s jobs: teachers, domestic servants, secretaries, textile workers, or nurses (Partners in Winning the War).
Detailed explanation-3: -Fewer women staying at home, fewer children born to families, more women in college. Changes in law and the enforcement of existing law, involving such issues as reproductive rights, sexual harassment and domestic violence. Changes in the workforce. 34% of women worked outside the home in 1950, it’s 60% today.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement best explains why women were needed as pilots during WWII? There was a shortage of male pilots in the United States, so women were trained to fill those positions.
Detailed explanation-5: -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.