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Calisphere: University of California Libraries

University of California: Calisphere: Wwii 1939 45: Women in the Workforce

For Students 9th - 10th
Examines the topic of women and work during WWII through original photographs that highlight the types of places women worked and the sorts of jobs they did.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: American Women and World War Ii

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the opportunities that women had during World War II to work in jobs that had previously been unimaginable. To assist working mothers, the first childcare programs were begun, and efforts were made to make jobs in the defense...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Women in the 1950s

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at what life was like for women in 1950s America. Examines the tension between the expectations of conformity and domesticity and an emerging discontent as many women chose to continue working after World War II. Meanwhile, African...