some didn't and some did but it was depending on what job they got and how old they there because if they were youg they work for the money
This pissed off alot of women and encouraged them to support the women's rights movement since many were doing equal or greater work than men in the homefront, factories, and farms (especially during wartime) for less pay.
Because of the absence of men, American women on the homefront were recruited in the name of patriotism, to do heavy, assembly-line production work, many in the shipbuilding industry, connecting steel pieces with rivits-->gaining the nickname "Rosie the Riviter."
There were shortages of gasoliine and rubber so most people on the homefront did as little travel as possible so that tires and fuel went to the military.
See Rosie the Riveter.
Many women worked 8 or more hours every day.
See Rosie the Riveter/World War II Homefront National Historical Park.
See Rosie the Riveter/World War II Homefront National Historical Park,Richmond, California.
Women helped with Mercy Work. They helped the families of POWs. They also created the Women's Land Army.
You might try reading this web site and typing into google.com " British Homefront" British WW II
encourage women to work outside of the home to help with the war effort
If they didn't, there would be nobody to help make the machinery and supplies for on the homefront, and across seas. Women started woking in factories to support their families and their country. It was the patriotic thing to do.
This pissed off alot of women and encouraged them to support the women's rights movement since many were doing equal or greater work than men in the homefront, factories, and farms (especially during wartime) for less pay.
Women in the World of Work - 1918 I was released on: USA: 15 April 1918
Women always worked, from gatherine roots in the Stone Age, to harvesting, to working on markets, as entertainers, as healers, in businesses or labor, as bakers, weavers etc. It was only very recent that middle-and upper class women only took care of the household.
Because of the absence of men, American women on the homefront were recruited in the name of patriotism, to do heavy, assembly-line production work, many in the shipbuilding industry, connecting steel pieces with rivits-->gaining the nickname "Rosie the Riviter."
Gustave Courbet
There were shortages of gasoliine and rubber so most people on the homefront did as little travel as possible so that tires and fuel went to the military.