Women's Work in WWII

» Red - Women's Work in WWII

Katie,

A wonderful tribute to the women who worked their fingers to the bone during WWII. These women found that they could do anything. The role women played was forever changed at that time.

I was delighted to find that "Rosie the Riveter" was chosen as one of the 100 top women in the 20th Century. Of course "Rosie" was a fictional character, that depicted all working women during the years of WWII. I salute these women for the fine job that they did.

I hope you don't mind if I create a link from my article, "On the Home Front," to this one. I always like to link to similar articles so my readers can learn more about a given subject. If you wish to see the article, it can be viewed at
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/5086...

I look forward to your future articles and will be back to visit soon.

-- posted by Red

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» KatieAnne - Re: Women's Work in WWII

In response to message posted by Red:
Thanks Mary, it is fascinating to delve into exactly what many women actually did during the war, both to help their country and also to raise their own spirits. An interesting issue from the area I was raised is why the women allowed themselves to go back to being a second class citizen again after the war. I'm from the North East of England and it's only in the last 10 years (and perhaps less in some areas) that certain pubs have allowed women to buy a drink at the bar - instead they had to ask a man (any man if they didn't come with one) to purchase their drink for them.
Of course I don't mind you linking to the article - I'm happy that you enjoyed it enough to want to share it.

Thanks again for your comments.

Katie

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» Red - interesting...

Katie Anne,

I didn't know that women weren't allowed to buy drinks in English pubs. I'm glad that they have finally been recognized. Women have been buying drinks in hotels here for years. In the last 10 years women have stepped up in the work place, though they are still a long way from being treated as equals. Maybe someday...

-- posted by Red

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» samvak - Women post WWII

Thank ou for an edifying article.

Thought you may find this article - about what happened to women in Europe after WWII - of interest:

http://samvak.tripod.com/brief-women01.h...

http://samvak.tripod.com/pp70.html

Thank you again!

Sam

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» jerrib - My mother

worked in a paper mill during WWII. I'm glad you are brought women of war into the spotlight, Katie. And thanks, Sam, for bringing this back into the spotlight.

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