1939 TO 1945 THE IMPACT OF WWII ON

WOMEN

BY:

LIZ BOBRO, JUSTINE FOWLER, & LINDSAY WEBB

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

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.

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Woman and war times

1939-1945

Women during WWII had hard laboured jobs, which was something that was never seen any time before.

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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

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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.

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

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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?

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POST-1945

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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

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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.

"Working Women in the 1930s." 1930's Lifestyles and Social Trends. Gale Cengage, 1995. eNotes.com. 2006. 25 Jan, 2011 <http://www.enotes.com/1930-lifestyles-social-trends-american-decades/working-women>

http://www.teacheroz.com/WWIIHomefront.htm

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