How World War II empowered women

"Investing in women means investing in the people who invest in everyone else." - Melinda Gates.

American women played very important roles during the Second World War, both at home and in uniform. They not only gave their sons, husbands, brothers and fathers to the war effort, they gave their time, energy, and some even gave their lives.

While the men fought in the war, the women of the Home Front worked in defense posts and volunteered for war-related organizations, as well as managing their families. In New Orleans, with increased demand for public transportation, women even became drivers of trams. When men left, women "became proficient cooks and housekeepers, managed the finances, learned to fix the car, worked in a defense plant, and wrote letters to their soldier husbands that were consistently upbeat." (Stephen Ambrose, D-Day, 488)

Women proved that they could do men's work. They were the ones who didn't let the county's economy stop and let me tell you that without them, the United States of America would have been "eaten" by the war. 

In my opinion, those women were fighters, survivors and strong. They stood up and started to do things that women were not supposed to do because they were neither as competent nor as strong as men according to the society of that time. 

Let me know what your thoughts are about this subject and if you found this post interesting or not. I hope you can reflect about it.

Here is the link to "The National World War II Museum" if you want to know more:
https://www.nationalww2museum.org/students-teachers/student-resources/research-starters/women-wwii

Goodbye for now. Stay safe!

Francisca