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Ladies at Work in America

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In 1933, 1/3 of women made up of the work force. Rosie the Riveter helped the government in 1942 to get ladies to join the workforce. The slogan "We can do it" helped to convince ladies to join the work force. Victory gardens helped save money to supply food for soldiers overseas. Kids and moms smashed metal to raise money. During WWII, women helped with jobs, victory homes, and volunteer work. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

From hospitals nurses left to go serve overseas (Henry). But if they owned a farm they could still work on their farms (Henry). Ladies had to take jobs no mater how young or old they were to support their families (The Image and Reality). Some jobs were welders, engineers, telephone operators, and even cab drivers (The Image and Reality). Sadly, when the men came back ladies lost their jobs because men could work harder (Henry). Americans stated, “They worked in airplane plants and shipyards as steelworkers, riveters, and welders.” (Henry)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture of: Ladies Building  a plane 

 

 

 

 

1933, 1/3 of the working force was ladies(Colman). Starting when girls joined the workforce the outfits changed from dresses to pants because the skirts would get stuck in the machines (The Image and Reality). More than 350,000 people worked in American uniforms (Henry). Families were scared because they never knew if their loved ones would come back home (Henry). Americans stated, "Their recollections of their wartime jobs- with higher wages, greater freedom and greater satisfaction had before." (Anderson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kids helped in the war also by taking charge in the war effort. Just a little help from their mothers went to winning the war. At the beginning of the war if mothers had children under fourteen they were encourage to stay home (The Image and Reality). But when mothers went to work kids helped make victory gardens to save money to buy food for soldiers (Henry). Also, kids flatted cans to

get money for the war (Henry). Also for the war effort, rubber bands and scrap metal went to buy candy and comic books for soldiers (Henry). Some person stated," Eventually the demands of the labor market were so severe that even women with children,six years old took jobs."(Anderson)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture of: Poster to persuade to help do their part in the war

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 1942 many men went to war in Germany and ladies joined the work force (Colman).  This helped to demand more opportunities for the future in America for women (Colman).  The icon “Rosie the Riveter” helped out by persuading ladies to work.  The slogan “We Can Do It” helped to join jobs like airplane builders, steelworkers, and riveters (The Image and Reality).  The look of an average day woman at work spread all over that everyone had a red bandanna, overalls, shirt sleeves rolled up and to show how she helped, she flexed her muscles (Colman).  People believed, “In 1942, this woman was called Rosie the Riveter.  She was a fictional character created by the Federal Government.  Rosie’s image was used to get women to join the workforce.” (Henry)

 

 

 

Picture of: Rosie the Riveter stating " We can do it"

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picture of: Building and working on metal  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Comments (3)

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at 7:21 pm on May 18, 2010

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at 10:21 am on May 19, 2010

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at 4:25 pm on May 19, 2010

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