Juvenile Delinquency During World War II- One Study

[ChiTownScion]

Another side of that Rosie the Riveter Legacy.

"Working mothers during World War II patriotically served their country and made great strides towards expanding opportunities for all women. However, due to a lack of childcare services and misconceptions of feminine sexuality, mothers lost the economic freedom gained on the Home Front during World War II. The most powerful force standing between women and true economic independence was the federal government. Acting as both the giver of economic freedom and independence to some women who enjoyed federally funded childcare and sympathetic employers during the war, the government also both explicitly and implicitly undermined any strides towards economic independence for working mothers. Federally funded childcare ended, and women were deemed selfish for seeking employment while simultaneously raising children. "

http://teacherweb.com/MD/HowardHighSchool/TracyMai/Juvenile-delinquency-graduate-paper.doc

 

[Stanley Doble]

Ha ha ha like freedom is something the government gives you.

Actually they were seen as selfish for taking jobs needed by millions of returning GIs who wanted to find jobs, get married and support a family. Many enlistees gave up good jobs to serve their country, with the understanding that they could have their jobs back if they returned. In fact, it was the law.

Sounds like the typical academic, politically correct apcray. Written by someone who has no clue, and has never done any historical research.

 

[LizzieMaine]

Of course, millions of working-class American women held full-time jobs before the war, in manufacturing, in education, in retail, and in the service sector, and millions of working-class American women continued to hold those same jobs after the war, regardless of whether they were married and had children. As usual, the "middle class" experience is considered the default, even though the "middle class" was actually a demographic minority in the US until the late 1950s.

I know an awful lot of elderly sardine cutters who could tell that author a few things about "working women" in the 1940s.