WOMEN IN WORLD WAR II

Women in World War II

Women in World War II

In many important respects, the narrative of women workers during World War II resembles women's stories during the previous war: a severe labor shortage created vacancies in factories, stores, and offices; racial discrimination by employers, despite the president's executive order to the contrary, narrowed job options for women of color relative to white women; and after the war women of all races were expected to return to their prewar employment or withdraw from the work force altogether to attend to domestic duties full time. World War II differed from ...