Non-white women, especially black women, had a vastly different experience. Worker shortages meant that black women could train for professions where they had previously been looked down upon, for example, the number of black women on nursing courses increased from 1108 (1939) to 2600 (1945). However, in some places, employers refused to employ black women, saying they were bound to have and spread sexual diseases. Some employees were equally difficult. For example, in one Detroit rubber plant, white women workers refused to share toilets with black women.