2006-11-30 16:19:41 · 5 answers · asked by babyfoot23 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The best authority on the role of women during World War II is American author Kurt Vonnegut Jr., who learned all he knew about writing from the tough broads who ran the wire services while the boys were off fighting.
2006-11-30 16:24:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As cork points out, in the year 1940 the US was NOT a participant in World War 2. Women may well have been working in factories and building arms to be sent to the war, but they weren't doing it on anything like the scale that became the case after the US entered the war at the end of 1941.
2006-12-01 01:07:15 · answer #2 · answered by Tim N 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They went to work in factories and built everything from airplanes to bombs to washing machines while the men went off to fight in Europe and the South Pacific during WW2.
I had a man tell me once that women don't have mechanical ability and asked to speak to a mechanic at the motorcycle shop that I managed. I was incredibly insulted and found him the dumbest male I could find. After he proved worthless at answering this man's questions, I stepped in and solved his problem. Then I took a look at his WW2 Veteran baseball cap and I politely reminded him that the bombs and airplanes and vehicles that he rode around in while he was overseas fighting were manufactured by women. The moment was priceless!
2006-12-01 00:30:00 · answer #3 · answered by Red 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
fighting what in 1940>
in USA.. hardly....
2006-12-01 00:28:22 · answer #4 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Working in factories that produced bombs, planes, ammunition, etc to help the cause to fight in the WW11.
2006-12-01 00:26:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋