World War II Impact on Women Rights

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World War II Impact on Women Rights

• Presented by
• Rosena Johnson

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Impact on the American women

• Short term
• Women joining the military
• Womens Auxiliary Air Force
• Womens Army Auxiliary Corps

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Home front

• Plane Productions
• Employment opportunities

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Controversy and Debate

• Take women into arm services in any appreciable
  number, who then will manage the home fires who
  will do the cooking, the washing, the mending,
  the humble, homey tasks to which every woman has
  devoted herself.
• Women's role in the military

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Long Term Impact

• Job opportunities for women
• Federal government employment
• Equal Pay Act

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Resources

• Images courtesy of National Archives and Records
  Administration
• Images courtesy of http//www.wvdhhr.org/women/Non
  Tradational/Photos_From_WWII.asp