Since many men were off at war the government need to recruit women into factories to do the work of a man. They only targeted unmarried women, but even married women found away around that role by lying about their families. By many these jobs were seen only as temporary, men did not believe that women were capable of doing the job. Women thought they were better workers than the men because they showed up to work everyday. Although the women were not paid the same as men they did the job anyway, and well. If women weren't working on factories they were working on farms, sewed uniforms for soldiers, and worked for the Canadian Red Cross. When the war was coming to an end the women started to be laid off. Even before the war had ended because there wasn't the same need for supplies. When the war ended the women gave their jobs back to the men who had worked there before. Most women were fine about giving the job back, but others were devastated. The war is what planted the seeds for the women's rights movement.
Thursday, 18 April 2013
Canadian Home Front
Since many men were off at war the government need to recruit women into factories to do the work of a man. They only targeted unmarried women, but even married women found away around that role by lying about their families. By many these jobs were seen only as temporary, men did not believe that women were capable of doing the job. Women thought they were better workers than the men because they showed up to work everyday. Although the women were not paid the same as men they did the job anyway, and well. If women weren't working on factories they were working on farms, sewed uniforms for soldiers, and worked for the Canadian Red Cross. When the war was coming to an end the women started to be laid off. Even before the war had ended because there wasn't the same need for supplies. When the war ended the women gave their jobs back to the men who had worked there before. Most women were fine about giving the job back, but others were devastated. The war is what planted the seeds for the women's rights movement.
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Rosie, you have shared a lot of great information about the role of women in WWII. What are your opinions about the women's treatment in the factories? What about the treatment of women today?
ReplyDeleteWhen women were working in the factories i think they should have at least gotten treated with more respect than most men treated them with. Although women are treated better today we still aren't treated completely equal. Women still make less then men even if we are doing the exact same work as a man.
DeleteIn my opinion I think that the women should've had the choice to leave the factories or not when the men returned, whats your opinion on that? Also I think it was very disrespectful that the women were unfairly paid for doing the same work, dont you? Is there still unfair pay now-a-days?
ReplyDeleteIf the women had of choice to stay there would have been no jobs for the returning men to take. How would this effect the economy?
DeleteWhat do you think would have happened if women weren't allowed to work in the factories?
ReplyDeleteThe economy would have collapsed due to the lack of people working and producing products to sell to others and send over seas. Also our allies fighting in the war would not have had the supplies they needed to fight the war
DeleteI agree that women weren't treated equally to men back then, but do you think the women's rights movement help as much as it should have? I think women still aren't being treated as equally as they should be, what do you think?
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