Women In Ww2 Essay
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Shayna Vuick
English II Honors
Mrs. Ligon
11 April 2011
U.S Women During World War II
When the United States entered World War II most of the men at home were sent overseas to fight against the axis powers. When the men were sent overseas there was a shortage of workers created on the home front and to offset the shortage women began to work. When women entered the work force it initiated a change in their social standing that brought them to where they are today. In the 1940s women lacked the rights that they have today. During World War II, women entered the work place and for the first time, challenged male prejudice and social order. After the United States entered World War II women were needed to run the factories but most factories were reluctant to hire women because the work that needed to be done was thought to be work that only a man could do. Factories waited until there was no one left to hire but women. Eventually more than six million women entered the work force (Bailey33). When women entered the work force the conditions of factories improved greatly. …show more content…
The only branch of the armed forces that treated the women completely equal was the navy. WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service was an official part of the Navy, and its members could hold the same rank as male personnel. A large proportion of the WAVES did clerical work but some took positions in the aviation community, medical professions, communications, intelligence, storekeeping, science and technology. The women also received the same pay and were subject to military discipline (Yellin115). The Women’s Army Corps or WAC was the women’s branch of the U.S army. The WAC was created as an auxiliary unit, the WAAC or Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps on May 15 1942 and was converted to a full status army branch as the WAC in 1943 (Yellin34). The WAC duties consisted of things
Shayna Vuick
English II Honors
Mrs. Ligon
11 April 2011
U.S Women During World War II
When the United States entered World War II most of the men at home were sent overseas to fight against the axis powers. When the men were sent overseas there was a shortage of workers created on the home front and to offset the shortage women began to work. When women entered the work force it initiated a change in their social standing that brought them to where they are today. In the 1940s women lacked the rights that they have today. During World War II, women entered the work place and for the first time, challenged male prejudice and social order. After the United States entered World War II women were needed to run the factories but most factories were reluctant to hire women because the work that needed to be done was thought to be work that only a man could do. Factories waited until there was no one left to hire but women. Eventually more than six million women entered the work force (Bailey33). When women entered the work force the conditions of factories improved greatly. …show more content…
The only branch of the armed forces that treated the women completely equal was the navy. WAVES or Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service was an official part of the Navy, and its members could hold the same rank as male personnel. A large proportion of the WAVES did clerical work but some took positions in the aviation community, medical professions, communications, intelligence, storekeeping, science and technology. The women also received the same pay and were subject to military discipline (Yellin115). The Women’s Army Corps or WAC was the women’s branch of the U.S army. The WAC was created as an auxiliary unit, the WAAC or Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps on May 15 1942 and was converted to a full status army branch as the WAC in 1943 (Yellin34). The WAC duties consisted of things