One of the Biggest Events in History That Put Women into the Workforce
During World War II, more than 6 million women took labor jobs on the home front, to backfill jobs vacated by men heading off to war. By 1945, women made up 37% of America’s total workforce, up from 27% just 5 years earlier. This, in part, propelled significant social change that brought even more... Sign in to see full entry.