Women’s Work in WWII Millions of working women break down the barriers of gender discrimination

vintageflyer — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:55:39 +0000

Women’s Work in WWII is a book of little stories about personal struggles that melded into a revolution. It tells the chronological story about the zigzag social and political developments that enabled U.S. women to gain equal employment with the parallel story of WWII. It documents the history of millions of women working in thousands of roles with minimal training and no experience but fully confident that they were equal to filling the roles of men they replaced.

These women had a job to do. They were comfortable in their own skin and proved why you need to be who you are. They imagined success and achieved it. The book includes many photographs and stories of personal innovation like a former gift wrapper who increased B-17 aircraft production with the help of a tissue or women engineers working with advanced mathematics and science to revolutionize products. The political system changed; female juries, local union leadership and elected female officials became commonplace.

The war ended and so did female equality. But these women did not accept that outcome. The book concludes when after the war, these same women worked in and with Congress, with the president, the unions and across the courts. Their objective: restore equal pay for equal work and provide a workplace that would be free from gender discrimination.

Upon completing the book, readers reflect on their experience and gain new respect for the importance of making personal commitments to change. Available in softcover/January 2013 or hardcover February/2013.

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Women’s Work in WWII Millions of working women break down the barriers of gender discrimination