World War II apparently produced significant changes, bringing women to the forefront of public discourse as essential actors in the fight to win the war, as military recruits (very few), workers (more numerous), and homemakers (the majority). ![]() Again, women’s identity in society came from within the family, the restricted space of the private sphere, rather than the workplace. Such domestic responsibilities were automatically gendered as female and the expectation for women was that they would once again assume their place within the home. ![]() However, the Great Depression and the concomitant high level of unemployment had driven many of them to retreat to the home and the raising of children, cooking, and cleaning. They had been 25.8 (.)ġ American women were still active in various organizations and movements in the years following the landmark Nineteenth Amendment that gave white women the right to vote in 1920. 1 In 1944, 35% of women were in the labor force, including ¼ of all married women.
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