Ch.
25
Sect.
3
Women
And
the
War
Objectives:
1.  Explain
why
new
kinds
of
jobs
opened
up
for
women
in
WWII.
2.  Compare
the
beneBits
and
problems
that
women
workers
experienced.
3.  Describe
what
happened
to
women
workers
at
the
end
of
the
war.
Main
Idea:
During
WWII,
more
American
women
went
to
work
in
nontraditional,
war‐industry
jobs,
but
they
were
discouraged
from
keeping
those
jobs
after
the
war
ended.
Rosie
The
Riveter
•  Like
World
War
I,
World
War
II
brought
many
women
into
the
workforce
to
Bill
positions
left
by
drafted
men.
•  The
U.S.
government
used
Rosie
The
Riveter,
to
recruit
more
women
into
the
workforce.
Rosie
was
a
young,
white,
middle‐class,
women
whose
boyfriend
served
in
the
marines.
•  Despite
the
Rosie
posters,
women
of
all
ages
and
ethnic
groups
began
working
and
they
worked
for
other
reasons
beside
patriotism.
•  The
campaign
increased
the
number
of
female
workers
from
14.6
million
in
1941,
to
19.4
million
in
1944.
Rosie
The
Riveter
Posters
Women
In
The
Work
Force
• By
the
end
of
the
war
over
half
of
U.S.
women
held
a
job
and
they
consisted
of
36%
of
the
U.S.
workforce.
• Another
change
by
the
end
of
the
war,
was
half
of
the
working
women
were
married,
35
years
old
and
older.
• African
American
women
Biled
lawsuits
and
protested,
so
they
could
get
factory
jobs.
• Most
women
were
delighted
to
work,
they
used
the
extra
money
to
help
their
families,
and
proved
to
men
that
they
could
do
any
type
of
work.
Real
Rosie
The
Riveters
Women
Aluminum
Shells
Beatrice
Morales
Clifton
• Beatrice
Morales
Clifton
became
a
real
life
Rosie
the
Riveter,
working
for
Lockheed
Aircraft
in
Los
Angeles.
• Clifton
overcame
her
husband,
and
other
men
at
the
factory
who
did
not
believe
she
could
do
the
work.
• After
the
war,
Clifton
took
a
short
break
but
returned
to
Lockheed
in
1951,
and
retired
in
1978.
She
retired
as
a
supervisor
of
about
50
employees,
half
of
them
men.
Problems
For
Working
Women
• Women
did
face
several
problems
during
the
war;
hostile
reactions
from
male
coworkers,
less
pay,
and
the
responsibility
of
taking
care
of
the
children
and
house,
plus
their
job.
• Day
Care
Centers
were
scarce
during
the
war.
• 
The
government
said
women
doing
the
same
work
as
men
should
be
paid
the
same
as
men,
but
this
did
not
happen.
• After
the
war
the
government
helped
pressure
women
to
return
home
and
become
housewives
again,
even
though
many
wanted
to
continue
working.
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