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1939 TO 1945 THE IMPACT OF WWII ON WOMEN BY: LIZ BOBRO, JUSTINE FOWLER, & LINDSAY WEBB
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PRE-1939 “woman were created to be man's helpmeet, but her unique role is in conception... since for other purposes men would be better assisted by other men." Thomas Aquinas, 13th-century Christian theologian
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PRE-1939 24.3% of woman in America were gainfully employed 30% of these woman were employed within domestic or personal service. Of professional woman ¾ were school teachers or nurses. Woman were regarded as being a creative source for human life and wifehood. thepaintedwoman.blogspot.com
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1939-1945 Woman and war times
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1939-1945 Women during WWII had hard laboured jobs, which was something that was never seen any time before. blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu
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1939-1945 Woman worked laborious jobs such as welders, shipyard workers, and line operators for the first time. Women filled the more traditionally male type jobs blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu
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1939-1945 25.4 percent of all women over the age of fourteen worked. A large number of woman still worked in the domestic fields. 30% of woman worked in clerical or sales work 20% in factories work 20% in domestic work 10% professional work ( teachers, nurses) 10% service work 10% other Almost 300,000 American women served in the Army and Navy Also the rate of babies born to unmarried women increased by 42% from 1939 to 1945.
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1939-1945 Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon of the United States, she represents American women who worked in factories during World War II http://womenshistory.about.com/od/warwwii /ig/World-War-II-Rosies--Pictures
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1939-1945 THE HOMEMAKER Women during WWII were expected to preserve everything for the war effort, for example they were told to walk with groceries instead of driving to preserve rubber. During this time women had to balance being a homemaker and the primary breadwinner. They had to adjust to ration points and rationing food, on top of learning how to do the work they were being placed into. http://www.google.ca/imgres?imgurl=http://www.ea tlocalchallenge.com/images/2008/07/31/of_course_i _can_wwii_poster.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.eatloca lchallenge.com/2008/08/community
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POST-1945 kraftymomkai.blogspot.com
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Most woman who were conscripted into war work, lost their jobs to men returning from the war Immediately after there was an emphasis on family life and women's roles as homemakers. Women married young and began having children which created the baby boom. POST-1945 dailyobsessional.blogspot.com
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POST-1945 Lasting Effects Woman relied much less on their husbands Divorce rates skyrocketed Woman held higher paying jobs compared to pre wartimes. It wasn’t until the 1960’s that a real change was seen for woman in certain demographics.
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"Working Women in the 1930s." 1930's Lifestyles and Social Trends. Gale Cengage, 1995. eNotes.com. 2006. 25 Jan, 2011 http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm February 28th, 2008 http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effects_did_W orld_War_2_have_on_women_in_America http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_effects_did_W orld_War_2_have_on_women_in_America j RESOURCES
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