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Women in World War II took on a variety of roles. Some women embraced traditional positions as caretakers and homemakers. Others explored new opportunities, from which women had been previously excluded.Nearly 19 million American women held jobs during World War II, out of which around 6 million entered the labor force as new female workers.Women worked in the war industries, in factories, and on farms. They drove trucks, provided logistic support for soldiers, and entered professional areas of work that were previously the domain of men. They enlisted as nurses serving on the front lines, and there was a great increase in the number of women serving for the military. Women also joined the federal government and served in community organizations in massive numbers.Although many women took on male dominated trades during World War II, they were expected to return to housework after men returned from the war.
The overall percentage of women working fell from 36 percent to 28 percent in 1947.Around 350,000 American women served in the U.S. military during World War II.The wartime and postwar economic prosperity, as well as the return of many female workers to the domestic sphere, resulted in the dramatic increase of birth rates in the postwar period.