Intellectual Women After Ww2

Women had a huge role in the World War II that so many do not recognize. Women were involved in many different jobs that allowed them to step out of the ordinary norm as the “typical housewife”, and dive into fierce hardworking jobs that until then only a man could do. Women jumped into the factories and many different roles that contributed to World War II, because the need for more American workers was crucial.

Women Before, During and After World War One 1. Pre war women did have working opportunities though very little compared to men, as they were seen as weaker and that their place was in the "home". Their employment was limited to the domestic service (cleaning or working as a servant) and secretarial work and not manual labour in factories or working class women often worked in the textiles industry.

At the conclusion of World War II, those involved in the war looked for serious reforms to either rebuild themselves if they were destroyed, or prevent this destruction from happening again, if they came out still intact. The world was split between communism and capitalism post World War II, the main difference between the two is who controls production, with it being privately owned in capitalism and government owned in communist society. After the war, a nuclear power struggle between the capitalist United States and the communist USSR resulted in The Cold War which not only affected the two primary countries involved but it resulted in Cuba being a key player too. Then, through a series of events lead to the fall of the Berlin Wall, signifying

December 7, 1941 was the day when America declared war, but it was also the years following that women had the chance to show their patriotism in a way they never had before; working outside of their homes. World War II was a chance to contribute to what was needed most, the war efforts. In a dire situation that is War, women moved from their homes help the America for the better of society and their husbands off at war.

Women's participation during World War II has had significant results throughout history. It has lead to economic advancement for them specifically after the post war Baby Boom period. The research is filling practical information about the advanced affects woman had on their family income during this time. To get my results I analyzed ten sources and read through each one and found important quotes and details in each. As a result of this I learned that after World War II this was the beginning where woman had a large impact on the economics in their households. One major causes of the U.S. postwar baby boom was the increased demand for female labor during World War II. The effect of the war on female employment was not only large, but also

The war marked a watershed in the history of women at work, and temporarily at least, caused a greater change in women's economic status than half a century of feminist rhetoric and agitation had been able to achieve. (125)

It is safe to say that the Canadian war efforts in World War 2 are something Canada should take much pride in. We united as one strong nation and showed the world how useful and powerful we could be on the world stage. These efforts were also a first step for women working for the Armed Forces in Canada. It allowed women to break many boundaries for themselves as before the war, they lived in a world in which they were expected to stay at home and manage the household. Women worked hard and courageously for Canada and to show the world how strong women can be. Although very successful, Women in the Armed Forces and on the Front Line contributed immensely to the already successful Canadian efforts during World War 2 through the success of oversea

Many women took over the mens jobs once the war started, and the war gave women good motivation to fight for their suffrage. President Wilson believed that the women were a vital part of the war effort. For the womens effort to help the war in 1920 the 19th amendment was ratified. The developments for women during the war, foreshadowed the future acomplishments women would gain.

This is a primary source-discussing women in ww2. This source is an article by Helen Crisp called “women in munitions”. This article was placed in the Australian Quarterly in September 1941.

World War II was a period of time where many social aspects in the United States undertook a drastic change. Minority groups such as women and African Americans were given the opportunity to progress in their societal stature during the war, as all support and help was required to defeat the Axis powers. As the United States was fighting Nazi racism, its own prejudices regarding the race of foreigners was exposed. People did not understand why minorities would fight “a white man’s war” in a country that did not allow them to become citizens, or have the same rights as a person born on American soil. But, these minorities fought anyway and they received opportunities that would have never arose if the war had not occurred, and many Americans

Women served an important role in WWII. They not only took the challenge and stepped up to take the places of the men off fighting in the war to work in factories, but they also fought side by side with those risking their lives and fighting for their country. They were needed everywhere during the war. There were an unbelievable amount of job opportunities for women during the war and many supported the brave acts of voluntary enlistment. “‘A woman’s place is in the home’ was an old adage, but it still held true at the start of World War II. Even though millions of women worked, home and family we considered the focus of their lives” says Brenda Ralf Lewis. Without the help of those women who were brave enough to

On September 1, 1939 a war started in Europe. The war began by Germany invading Poland along with other major events. America announced they would join in the war after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on December 7, 1941. All of the different Army branches were called to help fight. Multiple branches threw tradition out the door and made a wise decision by benefiting American women with the chance to participate in the war. The AAF or the American Air Force was one of the Army branches who decided to make the modification. Women had their chance of being in the Air Force thanks to a woman who sent a letter in 1939. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt received the letter from a female pilot suggesting how women pilots can help with the

During World War II Hitler was skulking around Europe pretending to save Germany, military minds in Washington were stonewalling women's organizations, patriotic pressures, and anyone who had the temerity to suggest that women should be in the military. The politicians, in typical gerrymandering fashion, made flimsy promises of considering an auxiliary of sorts while quietly hoping it would all go away and secretly trying to figure out how to stop it. Fortunately Congresswoman Edith Nourse Rogers and Eleanor Roosevelt thought otherwise.

World War II took 690,000,000 men from their homes and six years to complete. Over these six years, with thousands of men away serving in the armed forces, the women of Germany and England both experienced significant lifestyle changes. Wartime gender roles were largely shaped by the political leaders of each country during the war; German Adolf Hitler led his women down the conservative and traditionalist path while British Winston Churchill embraced female independence and gender equality. Because of Nazi policies, women’s rights in Germany were dramatically curtailed, while in England, women’s rights greatly advanced.

As the second world war hit Britain English women had to stop being so rebellious and free in what they wore because they had been given more opportunity by the men of the time to prove themselves. Women now were having to do work that was previously considered only for men. Women were now working in factories, on farms and entering professional areas of work that were previously strictly only for men. Women were also contributing to the war effort, building ships, aircrafts, vehicles and even nursing on the frontline. By 1945 more than 2.2 million women had been working in the war