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The 1940s was dominated by the Second World War (1939-45). Conscription was not imposed in Northern Ireland so there was little shortage of male labour; however ...

Five million women entered the workforce between 1940-1945. The gap in the labor force created by departing soldiers meant opportunities for women. In ...

American women played important roles during World War II, both at home and in uniform.

While the most famous image of female patriotism during World War II is Rosie the Riveter, women were involved in other aspects of the war effort outside of ...

2018年2月3日 — Britain's wartime women gained a new sense of power. There were women who could talk down aircrews, break codes, track battleships, drive 10- ...

Yet women's employment was only encouraged as long as the war was on. Once the war was over, federal and civilian policies replaced women workers with men. The ...

2016年8月15日 — Many of the attitudes about women in the workforce in the 1940s were quite different than they are today. Have students consider the ...

Many women wanted to play an active role, and hundreds of voluntary women's auxiliary and paramilitary organisations had been formed by 1940. A shortage of male ...

During WWII women worked in factories producing munitions, building ships, aeroplanes, in the auxiliary services as air-raid wardens, fire officers and ...