WOMEN IN SCIENCE AND HEALTH CARE

JOBS AND ROLES

• Women worked in the Cadet Nurse Corps and saved lives.
• 300 women helped work on the Manhattan Project.
• Women manufactured sophisticated weapons and participated in crucial research to win the war.

OBSTACLES FACED

• Some men were not used to the fact that women were manufacturing military assets at the time and often looked down upon the women because of this.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• HELPED MAKE THE ATOMIC BOMB.
• FILLED THE ROLES OF TONS OF MEN THAT WERE OFF TO FIGHT.
• FOUND NEW DISCOVERIES AND RESEARCH TO HELP COMBAT IN WORLD WAR II

FACTS AND DETAILS

• THE CADET NURSE CORPS WAS CREATED TO HIRE NURSING STUDENTS TO WORK IN NURSING FACILITIES WHILE IN SCHOOL.
• THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION PROVIDED TRAINING FOR SCIENCE IN THE FIELD OF DEFENSE.

FINAL THOUGHTS

• WOMEN PLAYED A HUGE ROLE IN NURSING AND MANUFACTURING ADVANCED WEAPONS DURING WWII.

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