... . Yet with war production coming to an end and men returning home, women had to adjust to the fact that the men would get the jobs over them. In 1945, surveys were taken by the women and the men about working after the war. One poll showed that half of the housewives who worked during the war wanted to keep their ... jobs even when their husbands came home. Another poll showed that 80% of the women thought working was more fun than staying at home (Sinnot 55). Polls taken by men showed that they overwhelmingly wanted wives who specialized in homemaking. Less than 10% of the men wanted a ...

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