As World War 2 progresses, we will see millions of males being drafted after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. This created a lack of manpower in the workforce which women beginning to take the jobs that men usually before the war. As women move into the workforce during World War 2 they will experience inequality and discrimination. Despite the inequality and discrimination that women had to endure to while working during World War 2 was a good experience for women across America. Women entered the workforce open up many opportunities, “It had been long assumed women couldn't do those jobs -- engineering, other professions in the sciences, manufacturing jobs that had been considered men's work, things women were believed to be too weak to do” (kcts9.org).
World War 2 had changed life on the homefront and completely switched gender roles. As men went off to war the women had to replace their jobs and work in factories manufacturing firearms, bullets, vehicles, etc. The boys who were not old enough to go to war collected scrap material to make items for the soldiers. People even had to put a certain type of shades on their windows to stop light from being seen on the outside in fear of giving the enemy bombers a target. World War 2 even started many social justice movements to stop racism even though it was still present during the war.
When the men went off to fight in World War II, women took over their jobs to aid the war effort by joining organisations which allowed the men to be recruited into the war as soldiers. For the
The government decided that woman can work hard as men too. however, the government gave women many different jobs. such as making weapons, nurse women, farmers, factory and many more. After world war 2 life changed. Women had the right to work as men and to do stuff like men.
During World War 2 over 65 million women joined the workforce in the US. For many women, that their first job ever outside of their house. Within the first 2 months of the war the number of women in defense plants rose from 25% to 36% (History.com). Women finally got their first chance to shine in the workforce which eventually lead to men and women having equality.
World War Two managed to completely change American society in numerous ways. One of the aspects transformed was US’s foreign policy. Before the war, US was an isolationist. They had neutrality acts to keep them from engaging in Europeans armed hostilities, refused to join the League of Nations and the world court, and were overall not involved in world affairs. After WW2, the United States frequently intervenes, never retreats, they also have military bases all around the world, they joined the League of Nations (which they stationed in NY), and were overall more active in foreign policy.
Culture drastically changed during WWII, women played a major role. Women Playing a major role during the war was a great change because it was the first time women became recognized for their actions. Women took the factory jobs that their husbands left behind, while they went to war. The women manufactured war materials and recruited more women to join the war efforts. After the war, most women went back to their homes with a medal for the ability to play a large impact on the war.
Both World War I (WWI) and World War II (WWII) changed the idea of freedom by expanding rights in America. Before these wars, there was inequality among genders as well as ethnic groups. WWI was a fight democracy and WWII was a fight for true freedom. While WWI changed the idea of freedom in a social sense, WWII focused more on the idea of economic freedom. WWI changed the idea of freedom more for democracy than WWII did by dealing with civil liberties and social issues.
Since the beginning of empires, women were often subservient to men. They were underrepresented in politics, forbidden from education and sometimes even the workplace. Women were expected to be homemakers, raise children and be otherwise obedient. World War II began to change this. As men went to fight, women took up their places in the workforce.
The Effect of Women on the Outcome of World War Two World War II effected women tremendously by taking them out of their comfort zones and chucking them into the work force and pushing them to do most of the work men normally would have been doing. The war also effected women by providing opportunities for them to serve in non-traditional roles; in fact, some of them enlisted into the military to serve the United States. The way the war effected women is that they had to take care of family in addition to performing work normally done by men. It was difficult to find people to watch after kids which made life during this time very difficult. After the end of World War II society in general was effected considering the baby boom.
World War One economically and socially impacted American, mostly workers, women, and children through the Selective Service Act, the CPI, and women’s suffrage. President Woodrow Wilson was giving the Allies all the United States’ material resources, however the Allies need troops, which is the one thing the United States were unable to provide at the time. As a result, Wilson tried to improve military preparedness and pushed congress to create military conscription, which he argued was the most democratic form of enlistment. According to Eric Fonder, “Under the Selective Service Act of May 1917, 24 million men were required to register with the draft” (726).
Men were always the workers within the family, the ones that were expected to provide for their families. When they went to war, their role within community life needed to be filled. That is when their wives, daughters, and sisters stepped up and took over. “In addition to caring for their families, [women] were left to supervise businesses and farms while the men were away fighting” (Senker). Women were already cooking, cleaning, and caring for their children, but still made time to work and provide as a father figure every single day.
The final battles of World War 1 during the late 1910’s along the western front of France, caused much bloodshed between the Germans, and the Allies, which were comprised of the French, British, and some Italian forces, working alongside America. The combined factors of the Allies perseverance through hardships and America's seemingly endless resources, caused the losing Germans to ask for armistice, leading to the Treaty of Versailles. This treaty, signed in the city of Versailles by the world leaders involved in WWI, brought peace to the majority of both sides, and imposed harsh penalties on the Germans, putting Germany in harsh debt for years. This Website Reflects upon World War I.
For example, it gave woman rights, new technologies were made, and so was the atomic bomb. During the war woman were put to work in factories while the men were in the front lines. Women now had begun to fill the responsibility that was traditionally a man’s job. (womanshistory.about.com) Woman got the right to vote in August 18,
(pbs.org) But a source of labor was high in demand since most of the men left to fight in the war. This opened up many opportunities for the minorities in America, especially women. Before the war, women didn’t have outside jobs. Their role was to tend to family affairs and stay at home while the husband worked to make a living.
