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US/VA WWII PBL: Women

Carmen Conteras Bozak

The experience of women as a result of World War II

Women making aluminum shells during World War II

Women work alongside of men in this Midwest aluminum factory now converted to production of war materials. These young workers are assembling 37mm armor-piercing shot prior to heat treating operations. Aluminum Industries, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio. February 1942

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Photo attribution: Alfred T. Palmer, photographer [Public domain], https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Women_aluminum_shells_wwii.jpg

Overview articles

Women in World War II

Source citation:

"Women in World War II." Gale U.S. History in Context, Gale, 2014. U.S. History in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/FLKAQN920932728/UHIC?u=spri48590_e&sid=UHIC&xid=5dd25470. Accessed 8 Apr. 2019.

Women at Home After World War II

Source citation;

"Women at Home After World War II." Women in America, Primary Source Media, 1999. American Journey. U.S. History in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ2161000691/UHIC?u=spri48590_e&sid=UHIC&xid=26291637. Accessed 8 Apr. 2019.
Videos

Labor Market for African Americans and Women in the 1940's

Source citation

“Labor Market For African-Americans and Women in the 1940's, The.” Films Media Group, 2011, learn360.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102783&xtid=71162. Accessed 8 Apr. 2019.

Post World War II Labor Market

Source citation:

“Post World War II Labor Market, The.” Films Media Group, 2011, learn360.infobase.com/PortalPlaylists.aspx?wID=102783&xtid=71112. Accessed 8 Apr. 2019.

Primary Source

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Honoring the Past, Imagining the Future

Excerpted from Hillary Rodham Clinton's remarks at the 150th Anniversary of the First Women Convention, July 16, 1998.

Source citation:

Clinton, Hillary Rodham. "Honoring the Past, Imagining the Future." Women's Rights, edited by Shasta Gaughen, Greenhaven Press, 2003. Contemporary Issues Companion. Opposing Viewpoints in Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010294207/OVIC?u=spri48590_e&sid=OVIC&xid=66f6bc81. Accessed 22 Apr. 2019. Originally published as "remarks at the 150th Anniversary of the First Women's Rights Convention," 1998.

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