WOMEN IN FACTORIES

WOMENS ROLE

• When men left for the military, there were not enough men to fill the factories
• So, women started to work in the factories
• Women produced aircraft engines, tanks, trucks, and small artillery

CHALLENGES

• They worked six days a week
• Had limited holidays
• They were pressed to work overtime to keep the assembly line going

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Production doubled with the help of women
• The military produced:
• 300,000 aircraft, 12,000 ships
• 86,000 tanks and 64,000 landing craft
• They wouldn't have been able to do it without women

WOMEN IN FACTORIES

• Rose Will Monroe:
• worked in a factory and played the part of Rosie the Riveter
• Olive Ann Beech:
• Managed Beech Aircraft wartime production, she trained 14,000 workers

WOMEN IN FACTORIES HELPED WIN THE WAR