Women in factories 1940

    • [DOC File]UNIT 5: THE NATION BREAKS APART

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      -Women in Workforce.-new opportunities when war broke out.-because so many men were sent to war, the government urged women to fill their places in the . workplace.-women worked in factories at jobs traditionally held only by men.-about 300,000 women served in the armed forces in non-combat positions.-Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps

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    • [DOC File]African Americans and World War II

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      Women played a huge part in transforming gender roles during WWII. They worked in jobs usually designed for men. Rosie the Riveter encouraged them to work in factories and industries, while some stayed in the nursing or education fields. By 1945, 40% of all women …

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    • [DOC File]Chapter 24-25 Test

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      Germany’s invasion of France on June 12, 1940. The October 6, 1939 invasion of Poland by Germany. The June 6, 1944 invasion of France by the allies. ... What was the attitude of employers toward women who worked in factories during the war? They welcomed them with open arms because many men were off fighting the war.

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      Louise Tilly (1978, p. 114) notes that in the midlands, demand for girls in the factories drew labor out of service, and that in towns such as Stockport, the majority of single women in paid ...

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    • [DOC File]American Education During the 1940s and 1950s

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      Early 1940s men left for WWI leaving women and African Americans to work in factories, offices & classrooms. WWI ended in 1945 & troops flooded back to the states and married young and started their families causing a baby boom. The baby boom resulted in a need for more schools and teachers.

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    • Introduction

      In 1940 the region’s population was 15,500,500 resulting in one-eighth of the nation’s total population, a population migration to the west coast to work in other booming factories and joining the service, the population declined by a 500,000. ... As early as 1943 factories were focusing on women and minorities to fill the vacancies in the ...

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    • [DOC File]Home Front - Weebly

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      Women worked in the factories producing aircraft, ammunition, weapons and other goods needed for the war effort. They worked long hours and could earn as much as 40 shillings (£2.15) a week. This was quite a good wage in the 1940s but was less than the men had been paid for doing the same job.

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