Semester DOS, Honors History #2

Although World War 1 and 2 are two wars that greatly influenced the world that we currently live in today, there were multiple events that occurred that helped to make this possible. The event that interested and grabbed my attention the most is when women were finally able to work, since I am of course, a lady.

when the government launched a propaganda campaign, in 1942, to sell the importance of the war effort and to lure women into working, the entire idea of women workers coming into existence began to explode.

They promoted a fictional character of "Rosie the Riveter" as the ideal woman worker: loyal, efficient, patriotic, and pretty. Not long after, did the song, "Rosie the Riveter", get released to women all across the US. This became an instant media success. This song not only motivated women who weren't working outside of their homes to start, but even women who were working in less intense jobs such as coffee shops, to began working in more intense locations such as factories.

However, while patriotism, and the hit song did influence women, ultimately it was the economic incentives that convinced them to work the most. Once they were at work, they discovered the non-material benefits of working, like learning new skills, contributing to the public good, and proving themselves in jobs that were once though of as only men's work.

All women responded to the call to work differently depending on age, race, class, marital status, and number of children. Half of the women who took war jobs were minority and lower-class women, who like I mentioned earlier, were already in the workforce.

I believe that by this sort of perspective that women looked at working is still being used today. In today's society, when women apply for jobs, they do tend to take into consideration the status of their personal lives. One women might think that its best for her to be a stay at home mom since she has a lot of children, while a less fortunate women might be in dyer need of money,a and will take any job that's available. In my opinion, I believe that it all depend son the person and their take on life.