1. Women in WWII

2. Typical 40’s Woman House wife Homemaker
Once you got married that was it

3. Women in the Military Women aviators- WASP and WAFS
The Navy WAVES- Women Accepted for
Volunteer Emergency Service
Woman's Army Auxiliary Corps-WAAC
Eleanor Roosevelt
General Eisenhower-North Africa

4. Women called for duty
Women needed to fill the vacancies in the labor force
Problems?
Prejudices and “Woman’s place in society”
Industrial leaders convinced the government that women joining the workforce would help win the war

5. Billboards New Billboard campaigns aimed at women
“If you followed recipes exactly in making cakes, you can learn to load a shell.”

6. Women joining the Workforce
“Rosie the Riveter”-opened up possibilities for women
of the future.
By /3rd of workforce
NW-loggers, “Lumberjills”
Garbage trucks, railroads, steam rollers, taxis
Best pay-war industry
Welding and riveting
Giant cranes
Loading shells
Assembling airplanes

7. Volunteering
Women used the skills that they already knew to help them in volunteering
Red cross
Nurses aids
Drive ambulances
Veterans Issues
USO

8. Women in Entertainment
USO Tours
Provide entertainment, food, company and good cheer for lonely servicemen
USO dances

9. The Pin-Up
Memphis Belle
New type of art work and posters
Pin-up’s

10. Women in baseball “A League of their Own”
ALL-American Girls Professional League
Created by Philip K Wrigley
Skirts and etiquette classes

11. What happened when the men returned?
2 million women lost their jobs
Some readily returned to homemaker
“The Kitchen-women’s big post-war goals”
Roles were forever changed
Legislation
Women in the workforce