Document A
Source: "Protecting the working mothers” Seattle Union Record. April 24, 1918:
"There has been a sudden influx of women into such unusual occupations as bank clerks, ticket sellers, elevator operator, chauffeur, street car conductor, railroad trackwalker (sic), section hand, locomotive wiper and oiler, locomotive dispatcher, block operator, draw bridge attendant, and employment in machine shops, steel mills, powder and ammunition factories, airplane works, boot blacking and farming.”
-(Quote from article from University of Washington)
Source: "Protecting the working mothers” Seattle Union Record. April 24, 1918:
"There has been a sudden influx of women into such unusual occupations as bank clerks, ticket sellers, elevator operator, chauffeur, street car conductor, railroad trackwalker (sic), section hand, locomotive wiper and oiler, locomotive dispatcher, block operator, draw bridge attendant, and employment in machine shops, steel mills, powder and ammunition factories, airplane works, boot blacking and farming.”
-(Quote from article from University of Washington)
Document B
Source: Library of Congress
Source: Library of Congress
Document C
Source: The Library of Congress
Source: The Library of Congress
Document D
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Credit: Mark D. Catlin (Publisher)
(Above)
Please excuse the writing from the author in the beginning and end of the video.
Credit: Mark D. Catlin (Publisher)
Document E
Source: "What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?"
"Poverty during the Depression had entailed much personal suffering. Many young adults postponed marriage, or couldn't marry at all. Couples couldn't afford to support a family, and the birth rate fell. Homes were crowded with families who lived together to pool scarce resources. The war changed everything. The deprivation of the 30's was followed by war time indulgence, and anticipation of an even better life when the war was over. Marriages were common during the war. Men married quickly before being shipped out. And when they returned, they expected to get their jobs back, buy homes, and raise their families. Barbara Gwynne explained her situation, "Now that the war was over, my plans for the future were just to survive. I got married, and my husband and I had a baby. We just did what was in front of us."
Source: "What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?"
"Poverty during the Depression had entailed much personal suffering. Many young adults postponed marriage, or couldn't marry at all. Couples couldn't afford to support a family, and the birth rate fell. Homes were crowded with families who lived together to pool scarce resources. The war changed everything. The deprivation of the 30's was followed by war time indulgence, and anticipation of an even better life when the war was over. Marriages were common during the war. Men married quickly before being shipped out. And when they returned, they expected to get their jobs back, buy homes, and raise their families. Barbara Gwynne explained her situation, "Now that the war was over, my plans for the future were just to survive. I got married, and my husband and I had a baby. We just did what was in front of us."
Document F
Source: "Out Of Many"
Source: "Out Of Many"
Document G
Source: "American Women in World War II: On the Home Front and Beyond" and "The National WWII Museum"
"At the war’s end, even though a majority of women surveyed reported wanted to keep their jobs, many were forced out by men returning home and by the downturn in demand for war materials. Women veterans encountered roadblocks when they tried to take advantage of benefit programs for veterans, like the G.I. Bill. The nation that needed their help in a time of crisis, it seems, was not yet ready for the greater social equality that would slowly come in the decades to follow."
Source: "American Women in World War II: On the Home Front and Beyond" and "The National WWII Museum"
"At the war’s end, even though a majority of women surveyed reported wanted to keep their jobs, many were forced out by men returning home and by the downturn in demand for war materials. Women veterans encountered roadblocks when they tried to take advantage of benefit programs for veterans, like the G.I. Bill. The nation that needed their help in a time of crisis, it seems, was not yet ready for the greater social equality that would slowly come in the decades to follow."
Document H
Source: FDR Library
"Where, after all, do universal rights begin ? In small places, close to home (...)Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Source: FDR Library
"Where, after all, do universal rights begin ? In small places, close to home (...)Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere."
-Eleanor Roosevelt
Document I
Source: Eleanor Roosevelt (BrainyQuote)
"A women is like a tea bag- you cant tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
Source: Eleanor Roosevelt (BrainyQuote)
"A women is like a tea bag- you cant tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water."
Document J
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Document K
-Source: Eleanor Roosevelt (BrainyQuote)
“The women know that life must go on and that the needs of life must be met and it is their courage and determination which, time and again, have pulled us through worse crises than the present one.”
-Source: Eleanor Roosevelt (BrainyQuote)
“The women know that life must go on and that the needs of life must be met and it is their courage and determination which, time and again, have pulled us through worse crises than the present one.”