Answer the following questions in your book completely and thoroughly:
How did the role of women in the workplace change from WW1 to WW2?
How were the women who chose to work still discriminated against?
What fictional character was used to entice women to the workforce (factories & shipyards) in America in the 1940’s?
What does the acronym AWLA stand for? What types of job did these women do?
Rosie the Riveter
Watch the attached video and create a Historical Trading Card on Rosie the Riviter. Do this by collecting a paper copy or completing on online at Online Trading Card Creator
Watch the following video
Answer the following questions in your book completely and thoroughly:
Name 3 jobs that are being done by women during war time.
How does America promote the life of a woman in service to her country?
What is the general’s opinion on signing up to the Women’s Army Corps? (What should it take precedence over)?
What honour does the general promise the women who are serving in the WAC once the war has been won?
How does Source 3 (above) show that the women who went into the workforce during the war were still discriminated against no matter what was said?