WORLD WAR I
CAUSES AND COURSE OF THE WAR
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[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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were barred from unions
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were not allowed to have children under the age of three in their care
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tended to be older than women who worked in the past
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None of these answers is correct.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Women have always worked outside the home but never before in the numbers or with the same impact as they did in World War II. Prior to the war, most of the women that did work were from the lower working classes and many of these were minorities. There were a variety of attitudes towards women in the work force.
Detailed explanation-2: -As the men fought abroad, women on the Home Front worked in defense plants and volunteered for war-related organizations, in addition to managing their households.
Detailed explanation-3: -During the Second World War, women proved that they could do “men’s” work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the military and demands for war material increasing, manufacturing jobs opened up to women and upped their earning power. Yet women’s employment was only encouraged as long as the war was on.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which statement is true about the women who worked during World War II? Women of various ages and skills took wartime jobs.