2. World War II Women in the Workplace (64)
37% of women worked during WWII. By 1945, 1 out of every four married women worked outside the home. “Rosie the Riveter” - More than 300,000 women worked in the aviation industry by Women also worked in munitions factories.

3. World War II Women in the Workplace (64)

4. World War II Women in the Armed Forces (US 64)
Women’s Air Force Pilots (WASPs) They flew from factories to bases transporting planes and carrying cargo. More than 1,000 women joined. They would not be recognized militarily until 2010.

5. Women in the Armed Forces

6. World War II Avco & Cornelia Fort (US 64)

7. Avco & Cornelia Fort (US 64)
Avco (Aviation Corporation of California) – company built in Nashville that made P-38 Lightning fighters. Employed thousands of Nashvillians, including a large number of women.

8. Avco & Cornelia Fort (US 64)
A native of Nashville and a WASP, she was famous for two events:
1. She was giving flying instructions near Pearl Harbor the day it was attacked.
2. She would become the first female pilot to die while on active duty. Tora Tora Tora DVD
video 6:41

9. WWII affects on African-Americans (US 65) Fair Employment Practices Committee
The order banned racial discrimination in any defense industry receiving federal contracts by declaring "there shall be no discrimination in the employment of workers in defense industries or government because of race, creed, color, or national origin."

10. WWII impacts on African-Americans (US 65) Military service and in the work force.

11. WWII affects on African-Americans (US 65) Military integration by Harry Truman
In 1948, three years after the end of WWII, Truman desegregated the armed forces. However, it would not be until 1951 during the Korean War that full desegregation would take place. Blacks had fought for America since Lexington, and in even larger numbers during the Civil War.