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__Secondary Sources__ 1.) World War II opened industrial opportunities for women 2.) They replaced the drafted men’s spot in work shops 3.) Black and white women worked side by side with no discrimination

1.) Men would leave to go out to their drafts and the women would take their jobs

2.) Women would help make the airplane parts and weld them together which was considered an odd thing for a woman to do

3.) They would also help make combat ships to go out to war

1.) (WAC) Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps

2.) (WASP) Women’s air force service

3.) (WAVES) Women’s emergency services

4.) This reflected a shift in the women entering the armed forces

5.) Only a small amount of women served in the armed forces

__Primary Sources __ __Marine Corps Womens Reserve WWII __

A four-fold classification of the "appropriateness" of jobs in respect to innate female capabilities to perform the work in contrast to the men they released was made, based on World War II evidence.

The Marine Corps Women’s Reserve was created in Feb. 1943, more than 23,000 women served in a variety of jobs. This was a document that stated the types of jobs that were appropriate. Most women would go into teaching jobs. It states that women should not do physical jobs that were dangerous and for the men to do. Congressed passed the Women’s Armed Services Integration act in 1948, granting then permanent statuses in the military. This proves that women started to get equal rights in the work force of the war. Women were anle to do jobs but nothing that could hurt them in a physical way.

__Establishement of Womens Reserve__ The women of WAVES played an integral part in winning the war and helped to convince President Harry S. Truman to sign the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act on June 12, 1948. This legislation effectively dissolved WAVES but established permanent places for women in all four branches of the armed forces

This legislation, approved by Congress and signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 31, 1942, created Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES), which authorized women for military duties beyond the medical field in emergency situations. The women of WAVES played an integral part in winning the war and helped to convince President Harry S. Truman to sign the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act on June 12, 1948. This legislation effectively dissolved WAVES but established permanent places for women in all four branches of the armed forces. This shows that women could get into the work forces helping the men as nurses.

__Rosie the Riveter __

1944 approximately 3.5 million women worked side by side with six million men on the factory assembly lines.

This primary source is about Rosie the Riveter, with a poster of her. This poster was issued by the Office of War Information in 1943 to encourage the participation of women in the war effort. A popular wartime recording sang the praises of a typical female war worker nicknamed “__Rosie the Riveter”__ By 1944 approximately 3.5 million women worked side by side with six million men on the factory assembly lines. These dedicated employees achieved such remarkable production feats as building entire cargo ships in seventeen days. She represents that women could be as strong as men in the work force.