... : the Germans and Japanese did not mobilize women into their factories and produced much less war equipment as a result. An interesting aspect of American women working during World War II was the appearance of women with different characteristics. These new female workers were older and more likely to be married. This was an important episode in the century-long shift from the common ... pride. President Roosevelt issued executive order 8802 prohibiting discrimination in defense jobs or government. The lure of well-paid jobs pulled blacks out of the South and into the war plants in the ...

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