1930's take on the woman's role | Credit to YouTube, time4wahmoms
Jacqueline Cochran Breaking the Sound Barrier,
Breaking the Barriers of Her Generation
Changing Role of Women in Society (first half of the 20th century)
"Women have not always had the freedom to work like they do today. "
-"How did Women's Roles Change During World War II?" Website Article about Women's roles in society
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Before World War ll
"Women always worked in the home and took care of the children, while the man worked and earned the money for the household."
-How did Women's Roles Change During World War II? website Article about Women's roles in society
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During World War ll
"There was a big push for women to begin working during World War II while all of the men were at war."
-How did Women's Roles Change During World War II? website Article about Women's roles in society
Women working in factories making planes | Credit to How did Women's Roles Change During World War II? Article
1940s Rosie The Riveter Poster | Credit to Advertising Archives
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After World War II
1947 USA Advertisement | Credit to The Advertising Archives
"When the war ended in 1945 “so did the extraordinary job opportunities for women. (...) Women were expected to give up their wartime jobs and resuming their homemaking role full-time."
-How did Women's Roles Change During World War II? website Article about Women's roles in society
1945 USA Aluminum Company of America | Credit to The Advertising Archives
"Women's employment was only encouraged as long as the war was on. Once the war was over, federal and civilian policies replaced women workers with men."
-PBS Article about Women's Role in Society After World War II
1946 USA McCall's Magazine Advert | Credit to The Advertising Archives
"The dramatic dichotomy in gender imagery in the 1950s makes people laugh 50 years later."
-PBS Article about Women's Role in Society After World War II
1946 USA Florists' Telegraph Delivery | Credit to The Advertising Archives
"In Dick and Jane readers, advertisements, educational films, and television shows, post-war Americans saw feminine, stay-at-home moms cleaning, cooking, and taking care of children while masculine dads left home early and returned late each weekday, tending to their designated roles as lawnmowers and backyard BBQers on the weekend."
-PBS Article about Women's Role in Society After World War II
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After being a World War II pilot, Jackie Cochran didn’t allow herself to return into the old role of women, as housewives, and kept pushing barriers away to reach her dreams in aviation.
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