because they wanted women to have the vote.
They hoped it would help women win the right to vote.
Rosie the Riveter symbolically represented the millions of women who entered the workforce during World War II to support the war effort by working in factories and other male-dominated industries. While there isn't a specific number of women she represented, her image and message aimed to inspire and recognize the contributions of all these women.
Theodore Roosevelt
In 1878, women began their struggle to gain the right to vote. This finally came to fruition in 1920, with the passage of the 19th amendment to the Constitution.
British women joined the Women's Land Army to take jobs as farmers to allow the men to join the armed forces. Some joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service of the Women's Royal Naval Service where they did things like ship maintenance, searchlight duty, radio and radar operations, and nursing. Some took their children to Canada away from the bombing in London.
If it weren't for the suffragists, women today would not have a number of rights (including voting) that most Americans take for granted. There were a number of men even back in the 1800s who realized that women should be treated equally and with respect. But sadly, there were also men who believed women were property and should be treated in whatever way the man felt like. Studying the suffragists is a great lesson is how a serious problem (women's inequality) brought out a lot of angry and hostile views, as well as bringing a number of people together to try to improve things. There are some amazing stories about the suffragists.
the main factors as to why women got the vote were as follows: the campaign of the suffragists, the campaign of the suffragettes and the role of women in world war 1
Because women were considered too frail and weak to make their ways through the rough world of men.
Support for the war effort in World War 2
Support for the war effort in World War 2
They fought in it.
The Women's Timber Corps, also known as the Lumberjills, was disbanded in 1946 after World War II ended. During the war, these women worked in forests cutting down trees for timber to support the war effort.
During WWII women began working in factory jobs - Rosie the Riveter was used as an advertising icon to encourage women to go out to work to support the war effort. However, when the war ended men wanted the jobs back, but many women did not want to leave.
American women played important roles during world war II, both at home and is not only did they give sons husbands fathers and brothers to the war effort.
By the end of World War II, millions of women had entered the labor force to support the war effort. In the United States alone, over six million women joined the workforce during this time, taking on various roles previously held by men who were fighting in the war.
The military draft emptied factories of male workers. -----> More women went to work to support the war effort.
They sent soldiers to the front
During the war the use of the men to fight drained my "homebased2 resources. Women took on engineering, mechanical fitting, machine operation and heavy good driving to support the war effort