Thursday, April 19, 2012
Test Prep Essay Question
On the test, you will be asked to respond to a question in essay format. I will be looking for 10 facts, dates, people, events... to support your answer. Respond to this question and create a response. Try to answer this question with out using outside resources because they will not be available on the test.
"I learned that just because you're a woman and have never worked is no reason you can't learn. The job really broadened me.....After the war I could never go back to playing bridge again, being a club-woman...when I know there were things you could use your mind for. The war changed my life completely." Inex Sauer, quoted in Eyewitness to WW2
According to the passage, how did the war change women's roles in American society?
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During the war men were called to action by many things but the propaganda films, Why We Fight, was very strong in making men volunteer. Because of the lack of men able to build the necessary tanks, boats, ammunition and other things necessary for the war, women were enlisted to fill these vacant positions. This was huge for American history because before, women were hired only for small jobs like shop clerk and news reporter. Now though women were able to help in the creating of tanks and other vessels of war. The propaganda that really inspired women to sign up was the character, Rosy the Riveter. She showed women that even though many men thought of women as weaker, they could help their country by creating these huge vessels of war. Because of this call to action, America was deemed twice as productive as Japan. This also was contributed to Henry Ford's assembly line. This made warships and other items of war take half the time or less to construct. Because of this time in history, in the future, women were given more jobs, treated more equal and later, WACs was create. WACs was the first women air force in history. And because of all these changes, women were not thought as lesser beings but, as an equal American as any man. H.I.G
ReplyDeleteThere was a drastic need for workers in factories to help produce machinery for war efforts, and most men were fighting in war, many volunteers. There was a drastic need for workers so women were encouraged to fight for their country using propoganda techniuqes, such as Rosie The Riveter. Due to women and men working, while preserving foods in victory gardens and scrap drives America was on the faster and more efficient nations with productivity rates extraordinarily fast. Boats, for instance were ready to go in 17 days compared to one year previously. Also women were gien jobs in the air force training others and testing planes, all of this was quite remarkable at the time, but it proved women were indeed capable of working alongside men, and their strong efforts during WW2 helped showcase women's talents everywhere. AN
ReplyDeleteThe war changed the womens role in society, because married women usually didn't work outside of home, because they would take jobs away from men who need money to support their families. If a woman worked, she was usually single and had a traditional female job.
ReplyDeleteBecause of the labor shortage (lots of war equipment had to be produced), this changed and women also had to be employed in the miltary industry which was unusual.Propaganda wanted to make people get involved in the war production, but there was still a lack of workers. Rosie the Riveter was the symbol for this movement where women started taking over mens jobs. Even after the war, people thought differently about working women, women now realized that they don't have to stay at home, but that they can actually work too and have an important role in society as workers.SR
Women in society were normaly always at home, not working in factory's. They just keept the home sweet home clean, washed and was responsible to have dinner done when their husband came home from a hardworking day. Not it is different. More and more men where used in the War and the production got slower. That is where Rosie the Riveter comes in. A propaganda poster that says "We can do it". Ment for women to show that they can work to. So as more men where gone in the war over the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, Woman got to work in the factory's to produce the tanks, warships and aircrafts for the man to beat the Axes. That changed the whole society, as more and more women, and also men relized that they acctually could get the same work done as the man can. And sometimes bether. So now they work outside instead of only beeing at home serving tonights dinner when theyr husband comes home. They acctually know how to work hard. MG
ReplyDeleteThere wasn't alot of women working in the factories at this time, because when they would take jobs, they would be taking jobs that they didnt really need, becuase their husbands had jobs, and that would also be taking away job openings and opportuinities for other men who needed jobs for their wifes. But, when many more jobs opened up, women started working more, some becuase they could, some because they needed to, and some becuase they wanted to embrace the fact that women working was not more commonly acceptable in the american society. Rosie the riveter was a good example of how women were taking more factory jobs, and also encouraging and embracing it. MJ
ReplyDeleteDuring WWII, the US Government really encouraged the people to help with war efforts. To men, it was a good thing to go and fight for the countryWith the help of Hollywood, the government encouraged the people to fight for their country by making the "Why We Fight" movies. It wasn't just the men who were encouraged though; it was the women as well. They had a huge part in making the country fit for war. Because all of the men were off fighting, there was nobody to fulfill their jobs except the women. The government again used propaganda to support the idea of working women. They made up a character named Rosie the Riveter and put here on posters all over the country. Rosie looked strong and determined, and showed women that they were strong enough to do the job. Before the war, it was proper for women to be at home taking care of the children and the men at work supporting the family. Today, it is not uncommon for the husband and the wife to be working, but children especially at an early age need their mothers. At the same time, without the women helping in WWII, we probably wouldn’t have won the war. JN
ReplyDelete"I learned that just because you're a woman and have never worked is no reason you can't learn. The job really broadened me.....After the war I could never go back to playing bridge again, being a club-woman...when I know there were things you could use your mind for. The war changed my life completely." Inex Sauer, quoted in Eyewitness to WW2 According to the passage, how did the war change women's roles in American society?
ReplyDeleteDuring the 1930s, women were homemakers. Their main goal was to marry, have kids, and to make meals.They did not have jobs because that was the husbands job. But in the 1940s while all the men were away at the war, naturally someone had to fill in. And so women helped out and built planes and worked in factories. The war really changed womens roles in soceity because no longer did they have stay at home. In order to support the war, they worked. Now in todays society women are almost equal to men in the workplace so I think the war really changed how women work. AT
The war changed womens role in society by showing that they were just as useful if not even more useful then men. They showed that they werent just secretaries, mothers, and wives, but powerful women in the workforce. The county was in despreate need for workers, To help get women into the workforce they made up Rosie the Riveter to show women what they could do. women then stood up and took charge to help out their counrty. After that women couldnt just go back to being moms at home. They knew what they were capable of so many didn't go back to being stay at home moms they continued working to show what else they could do. AK
ReplyDeleteIn the 1920-30's women were always home, taking care of the family,
ReplyDeletework was not in their lifeplans. Once war came women didn't have a choice. They needed to do their husbands work. Rosie the Riveter was a propaganda character that showed how women could do those works, is not just men that could do it. This propaganda posters made women work and they made them feel like they were just like men and that they shouldn't be lower than them. After WW2, women still work now , they are more independent and capable to do things.
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DeleteThe war changed womans lives during war. It completly and uterly ablitirated prior belief. Woman were now expected to work. Not only work in easy jobs but take on the hardest of jobs, working on the assembly lines, with dangerous equipment. After the war and all the men returned the woman no longer were needed in the work industry. That is why so many woman could not return the way of life they were used to.
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Because of the war women had to be independent. Women worked dangerous jobs but were barred from combat. Once their routine changed it became their reality.After that you cant just go back to doing nothing but being a house wife. Women are just as powerful as men and it took the men going to war for the women to step up to prove that we are all equals.
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