Test your knowledge on Women during WW2

During which period did women in America take on roles such as working as nurses, driving trucks, repairing airplanes, and performing clerical work due to WWII?

• 1939 - 1945

• December 7th, 1941 - September 2nd, 1945

• 1941 - 1946

• 1940 - 1944

Why did manufacturing jobs open up to women during WWII in America?

• Because of the economic boom

• Due to men being away to serve in the military and increased demands for war material

• Women were considered better at manufacturing jobs

• There was a shortage of jobs for men

What was the condition for women's employment during WWII in America?

• Women's employment was encouraged indefinitely

• Women's employment was only encouraged as long as the war was on

• Women were allowed to work only in clerical positions

• Women's employment was discouraged

During World War 2, how many American women took wartime jobs in factories?

• Over 200,000

• Three million

• Six million

• One million

How many American women served in the military during World War 2?

• Three million

• Six million

• Over 200,000

• One million

Which of the following was not a group that American women volunteered with during World War 2?

• Women's Army Corps (WAC)

• Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES)

• Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP)

• Women's Naval Reserve

What was the role of women in the workforce during the time when tens of thousands of men were needed at the front?

• Women's participation in the workforce decreased significantly.

• Women filled the jobs in agriculture, industry, and homefront military that were left by men.

• Women primarily took on clerical jobs.

• Women's wages were higher than men's wages.

What economic change occurred after the war that affected men's wages?

• Men's wages decreased due to the economic downturn.

• Men's wages remained the same as before the war.

• Men's wages were higher than ever before.

• Men's wages were lower than women's wages.

By the early 1960s, what was notable about the presence of married women in the labor force?

• Fewer married women were in the labor force than at any previous time.

• Married women's wages were lower than single women's wages.

• More married women were in the labor force than at any previous time in American history.

• Married women were not allowed to work in the labor force.

How many women entered the workforce between 1940-1945?

• One million women

• Three million women

• Five million women

• Seven million women