Article Response for March 3
You have read the three articles about the Home Front, Role of Women, and Japanese Internment camps. I would like you to write an response to the following question(s)...choose one of the three options. What ever option that you choose, you will need to back it up with at least three examples from the readings.
- How did the role of women change after World War II? Has this change been a good change for society?
- The Japanese Internment was a blight on the rights of Japanese Americans. Was the United States justified in putting these people in camps, or was this just a big mistake?
- How did life change for the American public? Do you feel that this change unified Americans, or only made the division between male, female, and Japanese Americans much more divided?
1. During WWII the women were left behind to do the men’s work while they were away fighting in the war. Women were expected to work along with the expected responsibilities of caring for their children, making the family’s decisions, and running the household. I think this turned out to be a good thing because it proved to everyone that women were capable of doing everything that the men could do. This changed society drastically, because the thought of women working was unheard of, since women were looked as the weaker sex. Without assistance from the women WWII would have been impossible. They drove army trucks, nursed the injured, flew airplanes, operated radios, and risked their lives for their county.
ReplyDelete-Anna
1. When the men left for war during WWII, the women had to take over their jobs. They weren't used to doing these tasks. In my opinion, this was a good change for society, because it showed people that women could do more, and it also opened up new job opportunities for women as well.
ReplyDelete-Bailey
After WWII many of the women wanted to keep their jobs but were forced out of jobs for the men coming back from war. I think it has affected the present society because if the women would not of went to work the stereotypical stay at home mom would still be around because it would not even be a thought for them to actually work.
ReplyDelete-Braden
Before World War II, a woman's main job was at home cooking, cleaning, and raising the children. When the United Sates entered the war, the men were needed to fight which changed the woman's roles dramatically. They were needed to work in factories to develop weapons for the war, test newly developed weapons, and some even served on the front lines in the Army Nurse Corps. It was remarkable that the women were able to take over the responsibilities of men while continuing to do what they have always done. Even though many women didn't get to keep their jobs after the war was over, it introduced the idea of women being able to work outside of their homes. It was a step towards changing equality in the work place decades later.
ReplyDelete- Caylee
In the article of American Women in World War 2, it explained most women wanted to keep their job. Once the men came back the job was given back to them and the women lost their jobs. Also the women who were veterans were not being allowed to be part of the benefit programs that were established for war veterans. This change in our society had many benefits. One would be that all the pressure would not be on the men. It gave a chance to help improve society with the included intelligence of women. The people who work might have a chance to have more breaks and time to spend away from their job to relax.
ReplyDelete-Aubrey
As the war was happening woman had to take over the mens jobs, they had to everything they did. They drove trucks, shot guns, helped wounded soldiers, i believe some even drove airplanes! After the war was over the men tried to kick out the woman out of their jobs. I think this changed society a lot and for the good, now woman can do anything men, but us men do it better of course.
ReplyDeleteLex (AKA Tortillas)
After World War 2 women had to go from doing work around the house to more manual labor. It was a good change for the women because it showed that they were just as capable to do manual labor as men and showed that they were equal. After the war women's roles changed because after the war they were seen more equal than they were before.
ReplyDelete-Justin
Most women did help with the war effort whether it was in uniform or doing stuff back in America. They would give their time and and energy in uniform as a soldier or helping with medical tents. Women in Germany were thought of as to help as a mother instead of a soldier and they wanted them to do what only women should do. The women in America would take over the jobs that men would have to leave because they joined the war and they would sometimes keep the job. They would stop producing goods and products for people here and start making military goods for the war effort. At the rate we would make military goods we would produce more than the triple alliance combined. America would not stop focusing on war until it was over so they would do the best they could to win. The Japanese attacking pearl harbor was the main reason the US would join the war but what they didn’t think about was that America would awaken and become a giant in the war. The war brought the role of women farther away from being a cook and house cleaner and companies would start to accept more women for a job.
ReplyDeleteJ.G.
Before the War the main job of the women was to stay at home with their kids, and raise them well. Part of their duties besides that were cleaning, cooking and just being a good housewife. At this period in time, the man’s job was to go to work and do the physical labor such as working in factories and farm. Once the war started the men went over to fight in the war, which left the women to take over their manual labor jobs. Some women even took jobs in the armed forces such as driving trucks, repairing airplanes, working as laboratory technicians, rigged parachutes and much more. Women started working in factories, which had never been done before. Until the war this would have not been accepted at all, but Eisenhower believed we needed the women to win the war. After the war ended and the men returned home, the men got their jobs back. Though the women left the factories, it gave Americans a new perspective. This change was good for our society because it helped lead up to women gaining more rights later on.
ReplyDeleteKaeli
During the war women were thrown into jobs they had not yet been allowed to do, but since men in the work place where dissipating they had no other choice but to take over. This gave women a taste of what they had never had, thus changing the future of the job force forever.
ReplyDeleteWhen the men returned in 1945 women were cut once again from the "men's" work. forced to go back to there house wife duties. Since then the women of america have been given as many opportunities as men to join the work force, since they proved themselves in that time of need.
-Erin
Everyone was pitching into helping out with the war. Women got jobs while the men were away. Odd businesses started producing war supplies to help the men out in the war. Toy companies started manufacturing compasses, piano factories would make airplane motors and typewriter companies would produce rifles.Everyone was playing their role in helping with the war. Once the war was over there was more than enough job opportunities for the men coming home. People still had to learn to cut back in some areas of their lives but it was like a huge weight was off everyone's shoulders. Once the war ended the theme when coming home was patriotism. Most movies, music and comic books were all about the war efforts.
ReplyDeleteTate
1. Women that participated in the work force and war efforts during World War II contributed to the gender equality of modern day times. After the war a large portion of working women were fired from their jobs. This was because soldiers were returning from war and there was a decline in the demand of war materials. Women veterans had much difficulty gaining from benefit programs for veterans, as opposed to male veterans, who easily qualified. The media persuaded mothers and wives to return to homemaking. I believe that was a major set back, and that our nation would have benefited from having both genders involved in the economy/politics. However, during the war women showed just how capable they were of holding the U.S. together and efficiently completing the "mens work".
ReplyDelete-Anna K
The famous quote from the the Japanese warlord about awakening a sleeping giant was incredibly accurate. In no time at all the entire country transformed its daily life to help the war effort. Women went to work and men went to war. Families voluntarily made sacrifices for the war. Companies more or less abandoned their primary goals to focus on manufacturing war supplies. Although the war effort brought a sense of patriotism to the country, it emulated a version of poverty exhibited in socialist societies. The country was heavily regulated, and because of this the economy rebooted itself and the relationships between members of society strengthened. There are exceptions to it, but it seems like everyone worked together better. The traditional roles were removed in favor in something more efficient, that changed American culture drastically form then on.
ReplyDelete- Brendan
1. During WWII when the men left, the women became the cooks and housekeepers, learned to fix cars, managed the finances and wrote letters to their husbands in war. American women also served in uniform at home and volunteered for the Army Corps. They also drove trucks, worked on airplanes, worked as laboratory technicians, flew military aircrafts and trained artillery gunners by acting as flying targets. Many women were killed in the war or captured as prisoners. Although the women did not get to keep their jobs once the war was over, it presented the idea of equality for women and introduced new jobs for them.
ReplyDelete-Sydney
The women had to take over the jobs when the men went out to war. They society thought that they couldn't handle these jobs considering back then they all saw women in the house. This gave them a chance to show society that they can handle these jobs while the men were out at war. When the war was over the women were forced to give back the jobs to the men, but most of the women wanted to keep there jobs but they were forced out. In my opinion it was a good change for society because it could show society what all women could do.
ReplyDelete-Lindsay
Durring world war II women were expected to work in the factories and make supplies for the war effort. When the men returned the women were expected to give the job back to the men. The fact that women started working more in WW2 is a good thing because it opened a door for women's rights.
ReplyDelete-Christian