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What did fat women wear in the 1940s fashion world?
Dresses, skirts with blouses and blazers and jumpsuits if working in the manufactering companies. They wore the same type of clothes as slender women.
Were women paid the same for their factory jobs as the men during World War 2?
women were paid less because most of the factories were sexist and believed that women could not do as good a job as men, the women received on average £3.50 where as the men received £7.00.
Did women join the workforce during World War 1?
Yes, women were proud to finally show that they were capable of the same amount of work that men did. They worked the same hours and got the same paycheck. This was a big deal because before their employment in WWI, women were treated as insignificant to men in the workforce. African Americans also migrated from the South to join the workforce in the Great Migration.
Why did women want to join the army in World War 1?
In the USA women joined the military during WW2 in order to:Serve as nurses and do administrative or aviation work in the armed forces.To do jobs in the US left vacant by officers and enlisted men who left for the war front.Because they wanted to serve their country and help gain victory over the enemies.In the UK: Women enlisted for the same reasons but there were not enough women enlisted so the British Government had to conscript (draft) many more women to their armed forces.In Australia, New Zealand, and Canada: They joined for the same reasons the American women joined.
What does the soldier in the Vietnam's women's memorial signify?
The statue represents the US Military Nurses that served in the Vietnam War. The roles of women during the Vietnam War, were the same as portrayed during the Korean War (see films: MASH), WWII, and World War I.
