How The Women's Movement Has Improved

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war,
proving that what a man could do a woman can do also. The war gave an
opportunity, a chance for women to show off their knowledge, abilities and
capabilities. Quite ironic, the jobs women obtained were partly forced
into voluntarily jobs. Some of the women wanted to prove themselves
capable of doing a “man” job, while others were indirectly forced into it
because they had no male to support their family financially.
During the 1940's sexual discrimination of female workers were
temporarily put aside. “The massive production requirements of World War
II created new demands for additional female workers. Suddenly it was
patriotic and appropriate for women to work.” (Van Horn 140) “The
expanding economy encouraged women to look for jobs.” (Van Horn 83) “
Statistics showed that the number of women over 35 years of age in the work
force had jumped from 8.5 million in 1947 to almost 13 million in 1956.”
(Kaledin 64) Female employment had increased at a rate four times ...

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