It was long ago when women were looked upon as slaves to the hard working man. In today's society women now are more respected and are acceptable for as many jobs as men are. Yet, long before our time during World War II, women thought many different things that they could only imagine. During the postwar period, women were then equipped with many different abilities colliding with their home chores and knowledge. Women then took …showed first 75 words of 499 total…

…showed last 75 words of 499 total…be producers as well as reproducers and looked at in a different way. The government used women in their survival during the war. Women were encouraged to take wartime jobs only then return to their homes to make room for the returning veterans. Women of those years have affected the women of today greatly. They have given the women of today hope and acceptation of their right to decide how they would like to live.