World War 2 itself brought an end to the predominantly male only in the military. Meaning that this war opened the door for women to now join the military, most of them entering in an becoming nurses. Eleanor Roosevelt herself fought for the formation of organizations that would properly acquire women in the military. This led to the formation of organizations such as the W.A.C.’s, W.A.V.E’s, and the W.A.S.P.’s. Many of these organizations gave women the chance to be in the military an with theses organizations being formed women now worked as nurses, technicians, mechanics, radio operators, and secretaries.

However the lives of women were to soon change on the home front. With roughly 12 million men serving in the military, that put pressure on the production

Back on the home front for African Americans lied another battle, a battle of races. Black women in particular realized the dramatic gains of working in factories as men joined the military. At one time African American women were mainly in low paying jobs working in the fields, but now about 300,000, rushed to the high paying jobs within the factories. Most African Americans populated the south, but when jobs opened in war centers blacks became more urban. The government noticed this change and in 1943 federal authorities created 200 housing units for African Americans. Yet, this did not sit well with the whites that occupied the areas around them. In June of 1943 just before the summer time riots broke out in Detroit. This caused the government to send roughly 6,000 soldiers to come between the two groups, but not before the riots took the lives of 24 black and 9 white residents.

After Pearl Harbor Japanese Americans came under great scrutiny by the U.S. In the U.S 127,000 Japanese people occupied areas all over the United States. However their loyalty to the U.S. was greatly challenged by many Americans. The Japanese were classified as Issei which were about 47,000 Japanese aliens, and the Nisei who were about 80,000 Japanese American citizens. All to be sent to internment camps the Japanese were stripped of their identities and their liv

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