WOMEN IN WWII

BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND

• Before WWII
• Little education
• Paid much less during Great Depression
• Stay at home with kids

BACKGROUND

• Women's right to vote in 1920
• Considered unimportant
• Second-class citizens
• Never first choice for hiring

EVENT

EVENT-AT HOME

• Filled in jobs left behind
• Factories, hospitals, businesses
• Built planes and weaponry
• Victory gardens-1/3 of vegtables

EVENT-FIGHTING FORCE

• English-125000+ women drafted
• 43000 more over the next 3 years
• Planes and anti-aircraft guns

EVENT-RESISTANCE

• In Nazi-occupied coutries
• Poland, Germany, France, Austria
• Carried letters and documents
• Unexpected fighters

IMPACT

IMPACT

• Allies might not have won
• Winston Churchill-freed up 44000 men
• USA society gained higher respect
• Confidence, independence, and money skills
• Live without husbands, brothers, fathers

WORKS CITED

• Atwood, Kathryn J. Women Heroes of WWII. Chicago: Chicago Review, 2011. Print.
• Hartman Strom, Sharon H., Dr., and Linda P. Wood. "Women and World War II." Women and WWII. N.p., 1995. Web. 01 Mar. 2015.
• National Women's History Museum." NWHM. N.p., 2007. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.
• "Women's Roles- How Important Were Women in WWII." Us History in Context. N.p., 2000. Web. 25 Feb. 2015.