American Women's Role In Ww2

During World War 2, many men were drafted to contribute to the war efforts. They were sent overseas, and many did not return home. However, while they were away, there was still work needed to be done on the home front. Women had made a huge contribution to this, and this notion usually goes unnoticed. American women were not the only women who contributed to the war. Those over in Germany had their own version of contributing which was different to the American and British women.

As previously mentioned, American women contributed significantly while the men were at war. Before the war commenced, women and girls had domestic types of jobs. Rarely would they have occupations outside of the home. When the men left for war, all of their jobs came to a standstill for there was a lack of manpower. For the majority of married women, when their husbands left for war, that meant that there was less work to be done in the home, but more importantly, a lack of income. Prior to the 1940’s, married women were not allowed to have a job, and single women who did have a job, were forced to quit when they married. This regulation had tried to be upheld after the war began, by only allowing single women between the

From when Hitler came into power in 1933, he made it clear that the place for women was in their home and their job was to have children. He encouraged this notion by giving out loans to girls who married young. The loan of 1000 Marks would not have to be paid back in full if the woman had children. Having four children meant that the loan would not have to be paid back at all. The reasoning behind this, was that Hitler was trying to grow a larger population. More baby boys meant more young men to be groomed into soldiers, and baby girls meant more young mothers. It is now known that ever since Hitler came into power, he was secretly trying to grow his military, and this was just one of his ways to do