History of the United States II / Unit 12 USH2 1670 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Women at Work
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The idea
By nineteen forty-three women made up a majority of the aircraft industry's workers, moving into jobs once thought reserved for men.
In practice
Rosie the Riveter in coveralls and a kerchief, the image the Yawp says came to stand for women's factory labour.
Where people slip
By nineteen forty-four a third of women defence workers were mothers, and federal childcare had begun in nineteen forty-two.
Your place on the trail
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