1. Homefront (part 3) Women’s roles

2. Teaching and nursing had been only professional careers popular among women New jobs became available “Rosie the Riveter”=symbol of American women on the job

5. Military service 275,000 women volunteered (US has not drafted women) Served in any capacity except combat roles: nurses, clerks, drivers, mechanics, cooks

7. Women’s jobs NOT always the ‘safe’ jobs WASP (Women’s Air Service Pilots) Plane transport, targets! WACs, WAVES Gas mask testers!!

9. Nisei Japanese-American citizens February 19, 1942- FDR signs Executive Order 9066, calls for removal of them from society WHY? Sent to Internment Camps in remote areas of the west

11. San Francisco-he was sent to camp the next day!

12. 110,000 people impacted Little time to secure possessions/property Lived in barracks with cots; shared bathroom and dining facilities Camps were guarded (?)

13. Pledge of Allegiance at Camp

14. Manzanar, CA

18. One way out: Racism (why?) Not a SINGLE act of disloyalty! 1988- Congress allocated $20,000 to all families

19. Jerome, Arkansas