answersLogoWhite

0

During the first and second world wars, many jobs traditionally done by men, had to be done by women, as most men were away fighting. Trousers were safer to wear when a woman was working with machinery in a factory. Also, many women wore their absent husband's trousers, basically as a make do and mend due to wartime shortages.

User Avatar

Wiki User

7y ago

What else can I help you with?

Related Questions

Did women wear pants after World War 2?

Yes, especially for bicycle and horseback riding.


What did girls wear during world war 2?

They wore dresses and pants when in sports. This was the beginning of women wearing pants. During the war, they couldn't wear nylon stockings so they drew lines up the back of their legs to represent the seam of nylon stockings


Was it ever illegal for women to wear pants?

Women had to wear pants when in the industrial factories because their dresses would get caught in the machines ; they started to wear pants in the beginning of world war 1, mid- to late-1900s


Why couldn't women wear pants?

Women were always able to wear pants, it was simply considered socially unacceptable. During the late 1800s, women started to wear pants for industrial work. During World War II, women wore their husband's trousers while they took on jobs, and in the 1970s, trousers became especially fashionable for women. Although trousers for women in western countries did not become fashion items until the later 20th century, women began wearing men's trousers (suitably altered) for outdoor work a hundred years earlier.


What did the women wear in New England?

women started to wear trousers during world war II


What did Canadian women do in World War 2?

they pooped their pants all day long!


What clothes did the army wear in world war ll?

What did women in the army wear duing world war ll


What did men and women wear in world war 2?

the Men were type of things they Meant to wear to war same with woman


What did women wear when they were in World War 2?

They wore old clothes


Did women wear nail polish in world war 2?

yes


What did Russian women wear during World War 2?

The women wore skirts to their knees and leather jackets. The women were required to wear these close by Stalin.


What did women wear in world war 2?

They had bandannas in their hair with there hair curly.