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By where, if you mean physical locations, everywhere there was a manpower shortage because of military service there was an increase in the number of women employed.

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What did Rosie the Riveter symbolize during world war 2?

Mostly the fact that in the absence of the vast majority of the younger men of the country, many women were employed in the various factories to build the military equipment which the soldiers,sailors and airmen used to fight and win the war. This was the first time many of these women had been employed and earned a paycheck. It had ramifications in society which remain to the present day.


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Who replaced men as they left for World War 2?

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Which organization provided women a chance to contribute to the war effort during World War 2?

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