History of the United States II / Unit 8 USH2 1081 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Women at Work
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The idea
The war drew more than one million women into paid work for the first time, the anchor says, often in industry.
In practice
More than eight million women already working moving into higher-paying jobs.
Where people slip
The two figures measure different things: new workers and better jobs. Many took work thought of as men's, such as on the railroads.
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