What jobs did men have in the 1940's?

Answer 1

Which war? People have the same types of jobs during a war as during peace time, but a few less people have jobs providing luxury goods and services and quite a few more are working in defense-related industries and in the military. * Some cared for the dead and the dying, * Some worked on farms and in defense plants, * Some got wealthy servicing the black market. * A few were not effected by the war at all, but the vast majority were. * Some worked a regular job and did volunteer work regularly. * Some spent the war locked in internment camps. * In Alcatraz the prisoners built things for the services and did their laundry. * For many, life went on while awaiting that dreaded War Department Telegam.

Answer 2

The kinds of jobs men had in the 1940's often involved physical labor. Many of the jobs we do today with machinery required a lot of manual labor to get them done, such as digging trenches or erecting buildings. Many men also worked on farms, but others worked in offices and banks. During much of the 1940's many men were in the military as World War II raged on, so they were soldiers and seamen instead of doing other things.

Answer 3

they did make do and mend

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Many women moved in to the industrial areas such as metal manufacture. They became machine operators and setters working with tool makers. They also became ambulance personnel as most of the males were drafted in to the services.

There are records of women pilots who delivered the aircraft from the manufactures direct to the RAF stations some even did test pilot work.

Answer 4

women started to do those kinds off words that only men were supposed to do earlier. They started to work in factories, offices, ran small businesses etc.

Answer 5

A lot more women started working more in WWII since so many men were drafted to fight in the war.

Answer 6

They put out fires and stuff like that.