Social Impact of WWII Women - George Washington High School
... • Many African American nurses tried to join, but most were denied - A unit of African American nurses served in Tagap, Burma, in September 1944 ...
... • Many African American nurses tried to join, but most were denied - A unit of African American nurses served in Tagap, Burma, in September 1944 ...
Social Impact of War: The Experience of Women
... • Many African American nurses tried to join, but most were denied - A unit of African American nurses served in Tagap, Burma, in September 1944 ...
... • Many African American nurses tried to join, but most were denied - A unit of African American nurses served in Tagap, Burma, in September 1944 ...
Rosie the Riveter
... Though women who entered the workforce during World War II were crucial to the war effort, their pay continued to lag far behind their male counterparts: Female workers rarely earned more than 50 percent of male wages. In movies, newspapers, posters, photographs and articles, the Rosie the Riveter c ...
... Though women who entered the workforce during World War II were crucial to the war effort, their pay continued to lag far behind their male counterparts: Female workers rarely earned more than 50 percent of male wages. In movies, newspapers, posters, photographs and articles, the Rosie the Riveter c ...
Mobilizing the Armed Forces
... were leaving their factory jobs by the millions to join the armed forces Women helped provide a solution to this problem During the war, the number of women working outside the home ...
... were leaving their factory jobs by the millions to join the armed forces Women helped provide a solution to this problem During the war, the number of women working outside the home ...
Women Airforce Service Pilots
The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was a paramilitary aviation organization. The WASP's predecessors, the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD) and the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) organized separately in September 1942. They were the pioneering organizations of civilian female pilots, employed to fly military aircraft under the direction of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. The WFTD and WAFS were merged on August 5, 1943, to create the paramilitary WASP organization. The female pilots of the WASP ended up numbering 1,074, each freeing a male pilot for combat service and duties. They flew over 60 million miles in every type of military aircraft. The WASP was granted veteran status in 1977, and given the Congressional Gold Medal in 2009.Over 25,000 women applied; however, only 1,074 were accepted into the WASPs. The accepted women all had prior experience and pilot's licences. Of those accepted, the majority were white; there were only two Mexican American, two Chinese American women and one Native American woman. Due to the racial controversy at the time, the only African American applicant was asked to withdraw her application.