Women were employed in areas such as building ships, driving fire engines, nurses, ambulance drivers, factory works particularly those that supported the war effort such as the making of military clothing Women were employed in areas such as building ships, driving fire engines, nurses, ambulance drivers, factory works particularly those that supported the war effort such as the making of military clothing. Women also found employment with the armed forces. Between 1941-1942 50 000 women enlisted. Women who enlisted in the Army Corps took over traditional male jobs by driving mechanical transport vehicles, hospital cooks, clerks, typist and stenographers at camps and training centre. (Gossage,1991).For the first time daughters left to be part of the war effort. When D-Day occurred everyone celebrated, but no one was left unaffected. For women, the war had changed their views on being a housewife and homemaker. However with the return of men from war women were no longer need to fill the jobs. Women were expected to quit their jobs and return to the home leaving job positions open for returning Veterans. Jobs that had been created to support the war ceased to exist. At the end of the war women were pushed back into the home making it clear that they were not valued as a benefit to the labor industry unless needed. They were in fact considered flexible labor (Riley, 1995). The result was feelings of confusion and resentment. Many struggled with being forced to give up their job as they did not want to give up their new found freedom, independence and sense of self worth outside the home. For the first time women did not picture themselves as housewives, and were less likely to want to commit to marriage and family (Kerber & De hart, 1991). Women began to question whether being a wife and a mother was fulfilling enough. However what they saw post-war was a country that implemented law that gave women the right to work outside the home when it was politically needed and then laws that were rescinded making it difficult to find work.
