(Chafe, pg. 63) This attitude was seen in the salaries women throughout America received prior to and during the early part of the war in small communities and the United States Government. Even when faced with a shortage of man power most factories were reluctant to place women into physic...
Women Employment Rise During World War I Largely ignored by the Government, women did not become involved in war work on a huge scale until after the first year of war. To begin with their growth in the workplace was confined to the munitions factories and voluntary work. However, women wa...
Women worked in all sorts of occupations: blacksmiths, shipbuilders, inn keepers, printers, merchants, teachers, to name a few. They worked in nearly all the same occupations as men - most working in businesses with their husbands or fathers. ...
healthcare, education, civil rights and more, local women have been (and continue to be) a major force in the molding and shaping of Genesee County and our nation. There is no doubt that without the influence and courage of women working for a better...
A rainbow family child breaking the barriers. Finish prime minister is only 34, which makes her world’s youngest currently serving state leader. She is also Finland’s youngest prime minister, she’s a mother and a proud daughter from the same-sex female family. She’s a hardworking lady...
Women were expected to work hard in factories and domestic services. However, most women were having duties at home doing chores, babysitting, educating their children and run the house while the husband was not there. Society thought that doing these things would be a “successful women” (...
The structure of workforce changed, all out war effort and lack of working age male in factories brought women into factories across Europe in incomparable way. Thousands of women worked with the army as nurses and ambulance drivers, with nominal supplies and harsh condition of the front line, ...