riveters. they could work in factories, but were not permitted to serve in the military.
12,000
Women got more respect.
They were accepted
Gave them a taste of economic self reliance and incorporated them into the work world.
Over 16 million US servicemen were in uniform. US Women served as special volunteers in the WAVEs & WACs.
Women worked in many factories and farms in the war.
The US returned to it's normal way of life, and back to the world of the "cold war." Vietnam became ONE country, and joined the ranks of the Communist World.
The war increased opportunity for women
Women began playing a large role in the workforce.
only Japanese American women
12,000
Not until World War I
Forbes, US News and World Resort, and Princeton Review ranks colleges.
US Women (and Women of the AXIS POWERS) ran the countries (Built the machines of war) while the men went off to war. Women made them, Men used them.
Women got more respect.
They were accepted
I HEARD ON TV THAT THE U.S. ranks 34th among 57 countries