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Because millions of the men who normally did those jobs were in the Army and Navy.
the men werent there at the time
When the men started war
the men werent there at the time
Because the men were all in the army fighting and women had to step in to do what the men were doing.
they had to take over the jobs the men used to do
men had to leave so women had to take over their jobs
It gave them jobs while the men were at war proving they were capable
Women and black men did many jobs during the war that had previously been done only by white men. After the war, some were able to keep their new jobs, and many were not.
Although they were not considered socially-acceptable jobs for women, an exception was made for wartime hires. The able-bodied men were off fighting in the war, and the women were the ones left who could fill the jobs.
With the men fighting in the war, women took the jobs that men had been doing before the war.
industrial manufacturing, truck driving, construction, farming all jobs men had before going to war