HISTORY
WORLD WAR II
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True
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False
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -350, 000 women served in the armed forces during World War II. After the war, many women were fired from factory jobs. Nevertheless, within a few years, about a third of women older than 14 worked outside the home.
Detailed explanation-2: -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-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: -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-5: -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.