The start of World War II opened new chapter in the lives of women living in America. With the entry of the US and the absence of men, the demand for supplies increased and women called out of the kitchen and into the workforce. Posters, banners, and jingles were all aspects that helped encourage men’s entrance into the workforce. Millions marched into factories, offices, and military bases.
Women’s occupations varied from war nurses and cooking for the army, to making bombs and making weapons. Other occupations flourished, as well. Women photographers, writers, and reports were for once given a chance. The war offered women opportunity never given to them before.
The new employment opening also, for the first time, gave women a salary of their own. Women received better pay, improved and new skills, and the self-esteem that comes with receiving income, freedom, and opportunity. Women were given a chance to make their own decisions, without the advice of their husbands, brothers, of fathers. The financial situation was entirely up to them. They made and managed their monthly budgets, and decided where and how to spend their money.
