During World War II, women in Southern California entered the workforce and enjoyed a newfound economic freedom. This thesis argues that the implementation of government policies and national trends by the local community reflect the ability to create an alternative economic role for women while ...
Refugee Livelihoods, Confronting Uncertainty and Responding to Adversity: Mozambican War Refugees in Limpopo Province, South Africa, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Evaluation and Policy Analysis Unit, New Issues in Refugee research, Working Paper No. 105, Geneva. Google Scholar Gururaja...
摘要: Reviews two books on women workers. 'Women Workers in the Second World War,' by Penny Summerfield; 'From Working Girl to Working Mother: The Female Labor Force in the United States, 1820-1980,' by Lynn Y. Weiner.年份: 1986 ...
We exploit the military mobilization for World War II to investigate the effects of female labor supply on the wage structure. The mobilization drew many women into the workforce permanently. But the impact was not uniform across states. In states with greater mobilization of men, women worked mo...
2. The passage suggests that women working in the Red Cross like Richardson ___. A. provided warmth and encouragement to soldiers B. were braver than male soldiers C. didn't experience much suffering during the war D. had a good understanding of the cruelty of the war 3. What made Madi...
“... McShane's descriptions of the American West, and the air war in Europe during World War II, are the best I've ever read.” -San Francisco Bay Guardian “The Old West collides with World War II. Strap in and hold on for the ride of your life” ...
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Her work explored family relationships, politics and philosophy during and after the Fascist years, World War II. Modest and intensely reserved, Ginzburg never shied away from the traumas of history, whether writing about the Turin of her childhood, the Abruzzi countryside or contemporary Rome—appr...
Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service (WAVES) was authorized on July 30, 1942, allowing women to join the U.S. Naval Reserve (Women’s Reserve) during World War II. Women in the WAVES were fully part of the Navy–not an auxiliary unit –receiving equal pay and benefits, and abl...
In fear, hope, or desperation, these women left home seeking new lives. Some found opportunity; others found more uncertainty—or worse.