What was the role of women in World War 2?

Answer 1

nurses Women in service had many jobs. Many women even joined to fight in the war. In Canada more than 45,000 women signed up. Some went into battle. Others were giving the jobs "drivers of light vehicles, cooks, clerks, messengers,and canteen helpers. They were paid only two-thirds of the basic pay allotted to men." (www.valourandhorror.com/DB/ISSUE/Women/Women_overseas.htm) The women who stayed at home continued raising their families, farming the land, and filling the jobs left unoccupied by servicemen. And don't forget, General Eisenhower's personal driver was a WAC

Answer 2

Some of women's roles in World War II were just staying at home to keep the kids safe and the economy running. Some women went to the war zones as nurses and other military volunteers.

Because of the large number of men in the armed forces, in combat around the world, women were called upon to assume many of their roles. Mothers became single parents for months or years, and many of the jobs that husbands had done were opened to women for the first time. Women were trained as welders and fitters in the production of armaments such as tanks, planes, and ships. They took over more factory and public service jobs, and construction jobs, in addition to running their households.

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Answer 3

Women usually were in noncombat roles.. Generally women took jobs in factories, offices, and farms where they did the job that men had done but were now needed as soldiers and sailors. Others were nurses or other non -combat roles such as mechanics, radio and radar operators, and USO entertainers. Some German became prison guards for the Jews in concentration camps.

Answer 4

Most military women were nursing the injured. Some women cooked and washed for the soldiers.

Answer 5

The answers are endless. They served as nurses, doctors, war mfg factories, pilots transferring planes from the US to Europe.