World War 2
Uploaded by DavidDoez on Apr 23, 2021
World War I and World War II were a global conflict leaving scores of people dead across the world. The First World War occurred between 1914-1918. World War II broke out two decades later which started in the year 1939 until 1940. The second war had far more devastating results than the first one. The world became politically and economically unstable. The war took more lives and destroyed property and land. The years that immediately followed was a time of expansion and contraction of individual freedom. This contradiction played out in the lives of women, both positively and negatively as, will be outlined in the paper. The war had in store, new opportunities for the American woman.
Women responded differently to the call of duty depending on marital status, age, social class race, and number of children. Patriotism and economic incentives is what drove the women to work. Once they got employed, they realized that there were other non-material benefits such as learning a new set of skills and contributing to the good of the public. Women got the opportunity to show their talents and skills in a world where only men were given recognition.
The economy improved drastically due to increased production of war equipment. Different races also benefited because the government ended segregation which brought about the end of racial discrimination around the world. Racial discrimination was one of the human vices that had been around the world for a very long time. The black community was discriminated by the white community due to their skin color.
Technology also evolved when the first atomic bomb was created, and the United States became a global power. There were numerous changes during the post-war period which had an impact on the lives of women. The impact of this period was freedom of women to choose the lifestyles they wanted to live, and an opportunity to be employed both formal and informal sectors. After World War I and World War II, racial discrimination received great attention in the United States. The focus was to promote communism and contain democracy.
Women were empowered with social significance enabling them fight social stigma and exploitation in the form of low wages and poor working conditions. Women were no longer confined to the same set of jobs, but they could also compete with men in more competitive positions. Women were encouraged to take on jobs which...