Women and the war effort during the 1940s - Life in America

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[@stevesmith3534]

My parents moved 300 miles to Seattle during World War II so my father could work at Boeing. He was rejected for military service because of a hearing loss, but he wanted to contribute to the War effort. Soon after my father went to work my mother also went to work at Boeing as one of the original Rosie the riveter‘s. They worked very hard 12 hours a day, six days a week. They were part of the greatest generation, and I’m very proud of both of them!

[@tericampbell570]

Thank you for honoring the women who made it possible for us to fight and ultimately win the war. When we pull together, anything is possible. Also, great music choice!

[@Lyle_918]

Mom, who would have been 98 in 2021, left San Jose to work inland with my aunt at Beechcraft aircraft in Wichita while dad, army air force, was deployed to the south Pacific. Much of what they did I didn't know until their respective funerals, the folks just didn't mention it much.

[@_GiGiBloom_]

My Grandmother was a Rosie the Riveter as well as many of my family members. These are strong ladies! 💝 Family and friends had to come together to help raise the kids. I still live in the town where the bombers were built, right down the street actually 💝 Sad times, great history!

[@deetrvl4life875]

Thank you for this video!

[@hearttoheart4me]

Women have always been a strength in society in these times. Doesn't matter whether in the home or working and helping the war effort. Thank you to all who did these incredible things.

[@imac1960]

you bring back memories from when I was younger back when I used to enjoy myself

[@ceooflonelinessinc.267]

you dont anymore?

[@dennishough3709]

A time when people actually had pride.

[@danrussell3439]

Such a different time

[@Bigskyguy56]

God Bless these Patriotic women for their sacrifice & commitment to the War Effort. And the soldiers who fought & gave all for our great country. These 2 reasons are why they are called "The Greatest Generation" . I am proud to say that my grandmother was a welder back then, & my father proudly went to war 1 week after graduating high school & served 5 years in the Philippine Islands & South Pacific. God Bless "THE GREATEST GENERATION"

[@larryrogers6062]

Thank you for your efforts

[@karolanoble2858]

This has by far been my favourite video of yours. My Gramma worked both WW1 and WW2 at the ammunition plant in St. Louis Missouri. My Mom (a high school teenager) and her two older sister's joined her during WW2 building the casings for the bombs. My Gramma had her photo taken while working and published in the St. Louis Post Dispatch newspaper during both wars. We still have both of those original newspaper articles in the old family bible. Gramma was born in 1899. Thank you for bringing forth those memories ~ ✌💞

[@____7465]

Orchestral 🎶🎻🥁 full of emotion, envoking beautiful

[@rmahawaiievents]

Thank You so very much, for posting this important video, it really proves that women are NOT as weak as men would like to portray them to be. I have nothing but love and respect for women especially when a man is to weak to stick around and help raise their own children.

[@sapphireluna4818]

This is truly beautiful. Patriotic, Insightful, Emotional 🎶 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🤍 💙

[@WAL_DC-6B]

Nice rich, color, photo (wasn't Kodak Ektachrome great for its time!) story and tribute to the women who worked on the "home front" during World War 2. My Aunt Arlene worked for Russell Electric Co. in Chicago during WWII making armatures for small electric motors to be used on Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers. She's long since passed away, but I still have her wartime Russell Electric photo I.D. card from when she worked there.

[@isaacstone7899]

Some of them still grandma, thanks for all their hard workers.

[@Author-RiseOfTheLittleHorn]

That's some bizarre musical orchestration.

[@ilovegoodsax]

0:22 An enlistment physical photo from WWI, not WWII.

[@hearttoheart4me]

Going by the style of the hats, yes I would say so.

[@billymule961]

What do the yellow buttons they are wearing denote?

[@thebewitchinghour831]

@4:03 the orange button that she is wearing says 'North American Aviation, Inc' with her number. I've looked these up 6 ways to Sunday and can't find any reference to them at all. I would venture to guess that they are maybe particular factory ID numbers depending on where they worked at the time. The different factories were all over the US.

[@clevelandphil]

The men would send the girls for tools that didn't exist. A putting on tool and a fire drill. The boss made them quit.

[@levijalowiec645]

vRodney McGruder

[@clutchcargo2513]

Kindly review the definition of the word propaganda before describing the recruitment of women into the workforce by that name. Woefully ignorant.

[@thebewitchinghour831]

Actually, if you Google the sentence he has on the video using the word, you will see that they did word it that way at the time for the war time posters/advertisements/news articles. He was just displaying the wording as it originally was written. No ignorance on his part. I can see your point though. 🙂

[@dconfused9919]

Staged photos of working women and big Hooters. So macho. Who took care of the kids?

[@markv7924]

Staged? Yes, Definitely. Macho? No, these were made to encourage young women of time to join the Defense Workforce, The men in those pictures should have been 55+ too old for the draft. Who took care of the kids? Grandma, of course.

[@thelogicaldanger]

The grandparents....as they always had. Women (outside of the ruling class) have ALWAYS worked.....often along side their men, but once industrialization hit in the 1700's, women worked in factories separate from their men. "Stay at home moms/wives" existed solely from the 1950's-1960's and was a product of the spoiled baby boomer generation.

[@thebewitchinghour831]

Most of the younger women weren't married yet and newly married women's spouses were sent off to war right away and didn't start their families until the men got back after the war. Hence the phrase "baby boomers" era. Massive increase in childbirth after WWII. Some of the pictures might be staged for publicity but if you go and look up the images and stories it was a real thing and many pictures are true to history. You can tell by looking at their hands if they had work hands. Also check out the Library of Congress. They have a lot of these pictures along with dates, where the factory is located and what the women are working on. As far as the "big hooters" you refer to (lol), back in the day a lot of women didn't own or wear regular bras so pretty much let's just say...."whatcha see is whatcha got" back then. LOL