https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o A group of girls make 37mm armor piercing tank shells for US tanks. Mostly women work in this aluminum paint factory that was converted to production of war materials. Photo taken by Alfred T. Palmer in 1942. en-us 2019-06-03 13:05:32 UTC 2026-03-02 17:23:50 UTC hello@padlet.com 2023jluton https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365284479 America did it's best to stay out of the combat, fearing the losses of WW1. This ended when they were challenged by Japan in the bombing of pearl harbor. Once america joined the war, it converted most of its factories to war production. It also started a draft that pulled men into the military. The result of this was many jobless, husbandless, hard working women who needed a job.]]> 2019-06-03 13:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365284479 2023jluton https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365287258 and the american government needed supplies for war. This created a huge influx of women working in factories, and made the US the strongest nation in the war. ]]> 2019-06-03 13:17:51 UTC https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365287258 2023jluton https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365618608 After you count factory work and other home jobs, 350,000 women worked for the Armed Services, serving at home and anywhere they could. Between 1940 and 1945, the percentage of the female U.S. workforce increased from 27% to almost 37%, and by 1945 almost 1/4 married women worked in factories, rather than at home. More than 310,000 women worked to create U.S. aircraft in 1943, adding up to 65% of the industries total workforce. This was only 1% before war. ]]> 2019-06-04 15:34:54 UTC https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365618608 2023jluton https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365622597 Rosie reminded Americans and women to help our country in the worst conflict in human history.]]> 2019-06-04 15:48:46 UTC https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/365622597 2023jluton https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/366107451 This primary source image is a group of girls making 37mm armor piercing tank shells for US tanks. Mostly women work in this aluminum paint factory that was converted to production of war materials. The photo was taken by Alfred T. Palmer in 1942. The man in the back of the photograph is talking to the women making sure they are working and supervising incase there was any accidents.]]> 2019-06-06 13:30:24 UTC https://padlet.com/2023jluton/hbujdgiqbs3o/wish/366107451