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Homefront
By:
T.A.Y.
Propaganda
• Many popular songs came about during this
time period
• Often talked about women’s role in the war
• Many women often took the motto: We can
do it!
• Women’s work on the home front was
essential to the nation
• Rosie the Riveter
All the day long,
Whether rain or shine,
She's a part of the assembly line.
She's making history,
Working for victory,
Rosie the Riveter.
Keeps a sharp lookout for sabotage,
Sitting up there on the fuselage.
That little girl will do more than a male will do.
Rosie's got a boyfriend, Charlie.
Charlie, he's a Marine.
Rosie is protecting Charlie,
Working overtime on the riveting machine.
When they gave her a production "E,"
She was as proud as she could be.
There's something true about,
Red, white, and blue about,
Rosie the Riveter.
• Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9CQ0M0
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Changing Role of Women
• Gender roles temporarily altered
• Women filled openings left by men who went to
do service
– Factory workers
• Volunteer organizations with the war effort
• Military Nurses
• Women were not allowed to participate in battle
– Were allowed during “noncombat missions”
– Also, very dangerous
– Ferry planes between places; required pilot training
Propaganda
• Women urged by propaganda to:
– Carry groceries instead of use the car to save
rubber
– To grow more of the family’s food
– To raise money and contribute to bonds
• ALL FOR THE WAR CAUSE
Women and…
• The Evacuation Service
• The government was worried that a new war
might begin when Hitler came to power in
1933. They were afraid that cities would be
targets for bombing raids by aircraft.
• Take their children to the station, wave them
off, and bear most of the emotional pain of
the parting.
Women and…
• Home Life
• Had to keep the home going and bring up
their children
• Bear the load of the extra cleaning, cooking
and problems in the host homes.
Women and…
• Work
• 97% of women thought that women should go
out to work to help the war effort
• Worked in the dirty and innapropriate
conditions of factories
– Many factory toilet, where men had worked didn’t
have doors.
• join the Women's Land Army to help farmers
– about 80,000 women became 'Land Girls'
Propaganda
• Patriotism and Propaganda were high
• Thousands of posters and magazine
advertisements were used for recruiting
• Glamorous posters often enticed people to
join the war effort