Bell Work

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Bell Work

• Brainstorm. List at least 5 ideas.
• What roles do women play today both on the home
  front and oversees?

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Women in WWII
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I. Introduction

• Widespread belief that a womans role was in the
  home.
• Contributions in past wars
• Civil War clerks, nurses, spies
• WWI telephone operators, defense industries,
  volunteers at home

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Propaganda

• Information spread to promote a cause.
• Purpose is to influence.

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II. What did women do?

• Women in industry
• Few women had ever worked in a factory prior to
  WWII.

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2. Rosie the Riveter was a propaganda tool meant
to persuade women to help with the war.
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3. Temporary nature.

1. Men would take their jobs back when they came
   home.
2. Women enjoyed the experience.

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B. Medical and Support Staff
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C. Other new wartime jobs

1. Entertained troops.
2. Painted and repaired airplanes.
3. Pilots

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D. At home

1. New fashions
2. Victory Gardens
3. Rationing
4. Morale

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III. Different Views of Women

1. Military officers were often reluctant to train
   women because they were too high strung.
2. Eleanor Roosevelt pushed for changes in womens
   roles because they were contributing to a speedy
   end to the war.

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Closure

• What are 2 ways womens lives changed during WWII?