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This title comes from the poster “It’s a woman’s war too!”. http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgibin/query/i?ammem/awhbib:@field(NUMBER+@band(cph+3g01856)):displayType=1:m856sd=cph:m856sf=3g01856
Understanding Goal
• The students will learn and understand the
importance of women on the U.S. home
front during United States involvement in
World War II. The students will observe
the ways that the roles of women in the
workforce dramatically changed shifts,
from the house to the military.
Investigative Question
• What was the significance of women in the
workforce during World War II?
Rosie the Riveter. This painting by Norman Rockwell was found at www.curtispublishing.com
Useful Prior Information
• 1929 – Stock Market
Crashes
• Mass shortage of jobs for
men and women
• Extremely poor families
• September 1st, 1939,
Germany invades Poland
and starts World War II.
• December 7th, 1941 –
The Japanese attack
Pearl Harbor in Hawaii
• The United States
declares war. Men begin
services in Army, Navy,
Air Force, and Marines.
• Most women left at home.
What are women doing prior to the
war?
• Women work at home taking care of the
housework and the children while the men are at
work.
• Gender roles were beginning to take up a larger
percentage of the workforce, but was still a small
aspect.
• As the United States entered the war, the role of
women emerged as a major staple of the
economy.
• Let’s analyze some pictures!!!!!
Image 1
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This image comes from http://memory.loc.gov/service/pnp/ppmsca/12800/12895r.jpg
Image 1 Handout
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What is this woman doing?
Where do you think she is working?
Who do you think this poster is created for
What does the overall title of the poster
saying? What does it mean?
Image 1 Information
• Title: This girl in a glass house is putting finishing touches on the
bombadier nose section of a B-17F navy bomber, Long Beach, Calif.
She's one of many capable women workers in the Douglas Aircraft
Company plant ...
• Date: October 1942
• Creator: Alfred Palmer
• Description: This is a photograph of a woman working on a B-17
Bomber in the United States in 1942, ten months after the United
States Declaration of War against Japan on December 8th, 1941.
• Notes: As the title mentions, this woman is one of the many capable
workers at the Douglas Aircraft Company, a major distributor of
military aircraft during World War II.
Image 2
This poster was taken from the Library of Congress: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g04442
Image 2 Handout
• What is this woman working on in this
poster?
• Where did she learn to do this?
• How does this poster depict women in the
workforce during World War II?
Image 2 Information
• Title: Women in the war : we can't win
without them.
• Date: 1942
• Creator: War Manpower Commission
• Description: This poster is showing a
women working on a bomb casing. One of
the main jobs for women was to work on
ammunition and other weaponry, such as
bombs and shells.
Image 3
This cartoon was taken from the Library of Congress.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b43729
Image 3 Handout
• What is this women doing?
• Where do you think she might be working?
• What is the difference between the two
women?
• What is the significance of the man on
top?
• How does this photograph depict women
working during World War II?
Image 3 Information
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Title: "And then in my spare time ..."
Date: 1943
Creator: Barnes, Bob
Description: This cartoon depicts women
working on a Naval ship. One of the women as a
child in one arm and a riveter in the other. The
woman has small children tugging at her
clothes. This signifies that all women during that
time were in charge of not only their jobs at the
factory, but also the jobs at home.
Image 4
This poster was taken from the Library of Congress: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05597
Image 4 Handout
• What are the characteristics of the woman
in the poster? What about the man?
• What does the phrase on the poster tell
you about society?
• What does this image tell you about
women in the workforce?
Image 4 Information
• Title: "Good work, sister: we never figured you
could do a man-size job!" America's women
have met the test!
• Date: around 1944
• Creator: Packer
• Description: Around 1944, World War II was
approaching the last level. In the poster, there is
a male worker and a female worker sitting next
to each other. The male worker is amazed at
how women have become a major aspect of
World War II and how women can “hold their
own” in a workplace among men.
Image 5
This poster was taken from the Library of Congress:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05601
Image 5 Handout
• Why are the men in this photo smiling?
• Why is it important that this woman is on a
poster?
• What does this image tell you about
women in the workforce during World War
II?
Image 5 Information
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Title: Their real pin-up girl.
Date: 1944
Creator: Hungerford, Cyrus C.
Description: This is a poster depicting the
importance of women workers compared to
men. During World War II, pin-ups of women
were a major staple of a soldier’s life. The men
are admiring the pin-up of the woman worker as
they would any of the famous women they
originally had. This poster shows the
importance of the women working and how men
admired it.
Summary
• Women became a major aspect of the economy of the
United States.
• Once women began working, the United States began to
emerge from the Depression.
• Women began to work on many levels, including factory
work, radio, manufacturing (bullets and machine parts),
communication (news reporters), and even a part of the
military (nurses, radio, and photographer), a major
change in the United States.
• By the end of World War II, 35% of the total workforce
was occupied by women.
• In the end, it can be said that it’s a woman’s war too.
Image 6: Assessment
This poster comes from the Library of Congress: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3g05604
Image 6 Information
• Title: There's work to be done and a war to be
won ... now! See your U.S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission.
• Creator: Grant, Vernon
• Date: 1944
• Description: This poster depicts women working
different jobs, showing how diverse women are
in the workforce. The women are building a
statue of the word WOMEN, showing how
significant women were during World War II.
Image 6 Handout
• Directions: Analyze the image and write a
short essay (2-3 pages max) answering
the following questions:
• What kind of jobs are these women
working?
• What are these women working on in this
poster?
• How does this poster depict women in the
workforce?
Rubric: Checklist
Student Name:
POOR (1-2)
AVERAGE (3-4)
EXCELLENT (5-6)
CLARITY
The student uses poor
grammar and
misspelling of words.
The overall essay is
not clear or hard to
understand.
The student uses
good grammar and
has some minor
misspelling of words.
The overall essay is
clear but somewhat
hard to understand.
The student used
excellent grammar
and has no
misspelling of words.
The overall essay is
clear and easy to
understand.
DETAIL
The overall essay
lacks coherence with
the thesis. The
student does not
provide adequate
detail to support the
thesis.
The essay has
coherence with the
thesis. The student
uses details, but lacks
in information to
support the thesis.
The essay has
coherence with the
thesis. The student
uses details and has
adequate information
to support the thesis.
ORGANIZATION
The student does not
apply the procedures
for writing an essay
(Introduction, Thesis,
Body, Conclusion).
The student applies
some of the
procedures for
writing an essay
(Introduction, Thesis,
Body, Conclusion).
The student applies
all of the procedures
for writing an essay
(Introduction, Thesis,
Body, Conclusion),
Total
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