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Economically what progress is made for Women? - Coggle Diagram
Economically what progress is made for Women?
WW1
Some voluntering
1 million women join war work force
Provided exiting opportunities to leave domestic sphere and work abroad
Flappers (Flapper Movement) Buy need exiting products
WW2
350,000 women in armed forces
More women join the work force (6 million)
1/11 women are in the work force
Highly skilled jobs taken by women (nurse)
Certain professions were dominated by women
Post-war prosperity
Progress because of propaganda (Rosie Rivitter) encouraged women to get involved
Still unequal pay
Women involved in politics, but still little representation in political parties.
Women still remained divided NWSA & AWSA
New Deal agencies still dominated by and ran by men
Little opportunity for African American women to join armed forces or managerial jobs
Pear Harbor = distrust of Japanese ~ discrimination against Japanese women
Still expected to combine domestic responsibilities. Dominated caring jobs, struggled to leave domestic sphere.
Women not involved in decision making on home front or war aims
1946 ~ 2 million women fired from heavy industry