Women in the workplace today are fed up with a lack of equality. Prior to WWII, women primarily worked in the home. During WWII, that all changed. Women began taking jobs outside the home to help with the war effort. Women were needed to work in jobs in the community to replace the men headed off to war. Women prove during WWII that they are just as capable as men to do all manner of jobs, they just needed the opportunity to prove their equality. There was hardly any equality when it came to men and women being paid to do the same job. By 1945, a clear difference existed between men and women in pay. “In the spring of 1945, women’s annual pay was $2,928 and men’s annual pay was $3,363.”(“Women in Business”). During the war in 1942, women had less seniority having only entered the workforce in mass a few years prior. Managers could advance women at a slower rate due to a lack of seniority and pay them less. Managers continued to classify jobs as “men’s” or “women’s” with jobs for women paying at lower rates. “In the automobile industry in 1943, women averaged $44.91 per week while men worked a slightly longer week (3.5 hours longer) averaged $62.65 per week.” (“Women in Business”). Women struggled for equal pay for …show more content…
“Women had a greater tolerance for repetitive tasks than men.” ( “Women in World War II”). This quote meaning that women could do a non-patient job (so could men), but do it better than men considering their greater tolerance for repetitive tasks. Around the time the war ended, “Women drove tractors, operated cranes, grinders, drill presses, and large equipment for construction jobs.” (“Family and Daily Life in the Great Depression and World War II”). Women also “Worked in factories, mills, shipyards, defense plants, and government offices.” (“Family and Daily Life in the Great Depression and World War II”). This shows that women still continued to do traditional men's jobs, even when the war had