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1 Working Women of WWII Kofa High School Cambridge IGCSE American History (US)

2 Working Women Question: What jobs do you consider to be traditionally female jobs? Why do you think that women held these specific professions?  During WWII with men gone to war women had to step up and go to work  “Rosie the Riveter”  Military Service - WAC, WAVES, WASP

3 Question: What message is the War Department trying to send by putting this poster up in public?

4 Female pilots during WWII.

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6 Women working as welders in a factory during WWII

7 Recruiting poster, many women worked stenographers or typists, sending and receiving messages from the front lines

8 Women playing professional baseball during WWII

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10 Question Because of WWII, how did the role of women change in America? What difficulties do you think may arise when the war comes to a close?


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