The Societal View Towards Women During World War II

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it was the first time the government needed women to replace men in their jobs. Although women had some involvement in the First World war, there was no greater demand for women to join the workforce then during World War II. The female labor force grew by 6.5 million and 37% of all women were employed. The men that could not go to war were still working, the pay for a woman was less than what the men would make. Some men, and even government officials, were for the idea that if a woman was married, they did not see a need to pay her since her husband was still making money, that was not the case in the United States and women were still paid, even if it was less than the men. If it was not for women, the jobs may not have gotten done and the economy would have suffered, which is probably another reason they did not want to pay married women, the less money the government had to pay women the more money they had towards other things. In addition to working in factories, ...

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to get married quickly and have as many kids as possible and it was their duty to their country, the last few years of the war Germany allowed women to fight and thousands of women joined the Luftwaffe to fly planes for the men who were going to be on the ground bearing arms.
In Britain, women contributed, not necessarily in the workforce, but rather volunteering in the war. Many women worked with Red Cross and the Auxiliary Fire Service for Civil Defense to care for the wounded soldiers of the allied forces, however, the most common job for women in the British military was a searchlight operators. Even Queen Elizabeth, at that time Princess, served in the war as a driver. In Japan, ...

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