Women Post Ww2 Essay

World War II impacted women in post-WWII America. As the war progressed, the equality living conditions increased amongst Americans. African Americans experienced a more than doubled wage increase between 1939 and 1945. After the war, America’s political views became more conservative. Income tax was to be accepted by all classes. In fields of work such as munitions, airplanes, and shipbuilding were some of the only fields that gave women jobs that were originally men’s jobs. Although this was a significant change, these fields of employment were only temporary for women. Blue collars had a hard time accepting women for temporary employment post-WWII as opposed to white collar positions that gave women stable positions in retail and middle

Women were unhappy doing all the domestic chores along with working. So, instead of protesting inequality at work, most of them chose to leave their jobs. A large percentage of women readily quit their jobs when their husbands returned home from war. Many women working in the automobile industry lost their jobs which forced them to settle for lesser paying jobs or return to being a housewife. After WWII, the military wanted to recruit more women to have more manpower, but women became uncertain because of the oppression they had experienced while being in the military during WWII. Only one-fifth of women after the war prioritized their jobs over their marriages. Debate still existed in workplaces whether to fire wives who had financial support from their husbands over men during layoffs. Egalitarianism became increasingly prevalent for service wives. During the 1950’s more power was given for decisionmaking to employed employed wives than housewives. Households that promoted egalitarian decision making was made up of one- third families. Forty percent of women took control of the financial decisionmaking for their