Essential Question: Did the war change gender roles in any significant way?
Secondary Source: Women During the War
Approximately a million women filled the vacancies left by the men who were now in uniform. In the factories and shipyards, they served mainly as clerks, secretaries, typists, and bookkeepers.For the first time in the nation's history, women were permitted to join the armed forces. Some 13,000, known as Yeomanettes, enlisted in the navy to do clerical work stateside. Nearly 300 entered the Marine Corps as clerks and won the name Marinettes. More than 230 women traveled to France as part of the U.S. Army Signal Corps. There, they served as telephone operators for the American Expeditionary force.
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Primary Source and Secondary Source Assignment
1. Did passage of the 19th Amendment and the Sheppard Towner Act significantly alter the role of women in American society?
2. Did these laws substantially shift the way Americans regarded gender roles?
3. How did the contribution of women to the war effort affect public opinion on the women's suffrage movement?
2. Did these laws substantially shift the way Americans regarded gender roles?
3. How did the contribution of women to the war effort affect public opinion on the women's suffrage movement?