A Study On Employment Of Women In The U.S.during World War â…¡

Women’s employment history can roughly be divided into two periods: period ofslow development from the colonial period to the pre-1939and the overall period ofrapid development after the outbreak of World War II. William. H. Chafe, a famousAmerican historian, once pointed out that The Second World War was a watershed inAmerican women’s employment history. The period of World War II is of greathistorical significance in American women’s employment history. Researching onAmerican women’s employment situation during World War II will allow us to betterunderstanding of the American women’s career development, and help us to achievein-depth research and development on the American women’s history. There is acertain theory of value.Chapter I American women’s employment status before the World War IIThis chapter Combs the American women’s employment situation from thecolonial period to pre-World War II. During this period, the main feature of theAmerican women’s employment situation is slow development. Women’s workedseen the colonial period, but American women’s employment was restricted by hetraditional sense and Agricultural commodity economy. Women were beginning toenter the factory at the beginning of19th century with the emergence of newinvention and development of machine production,. Promoted by the industrialrevolution, women entered into the field of social production after1920s or1930s.Between19and20century, American women’s employment begun to bediversified and Professional with the developing the industrialization and Finance andbusiness. Women’s employment appeared for the first climax during World War I. Inshort, the developing of American women’s employment was slow before the secondworld war. This trend was not interrupted by the economic crisis in the late1920s..Chapter II American women’s employment during World War IIThis chapter details the employment situation during World War II. Includes thenew characteristics of women’s employment, the field of women’s employment alsoexpanded constantly, the employment situation of black women and other aspects of the content. American women’s employment Step into an important period of rapiddevelopment during World War II. The number of women’s employment soared, therange of women’s employment expanded in an unprecedented level. Women enteredtraditional male employment area.Here was also large development in white-collarProfessional, and the first female team established in United States. During WorldWar II, black women also became the target of mobilization that from United StatesGovernment. World War II also brought black women new employment opportunities.There’s the "second liberation" of black women.Chapter III the causes and impact of American women’s employment duringWorld War IIThis chapter analyses the causes and impact of American women’s employmentduring World War II. The main reasons were the promotion from industrialization andthe feminist movement, the development law of capitalist economy the specialcircumstances of war. The socio-economic of United States was be promote by theindustrial development. It provided objective conditions for the employment ofwomen. With the spreading of progressive thought from feminism and the developingfeminist movement, there’s women’s employment has achieved a great development.The special conditions of the economy and the war during World War II offers a widerange of employment opportunities and jobs for women. The changes of Women’semployment during World War II promoted the development of their own,and therewere many contributions to the economic development of U.S., the social stability andthe victory of the second world war. The stable growth of women’s employmentbecome a trend of American history from then on. After the end of World War II,women faced widespread unemployment. But there was a slow increase in the late1940s and a steady growth in1950s and in the future.