Women joining the work force during the world war and coming out of the depresion how it compares to international workforses made up of women.

WOMEN IN THE U .S . WORK FORCE

Increase in American Women 's Wages and the Immigration of Foreign Workers

In the history of almost any country , women have been deemed as the source of human life . Their most significant professions were to be wives and mothers . However , for so many years , women were thought to be intellectually inferior to men . Thus , women did not enjoy the same legal rights and career opportunities as men did . Economics , politics and philosophy were controlled by men . The households and the children were the women

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This tradition , however , changed in the 20th century , when women in most nations were granted the right to vote . They were also allowed to attain higher levels of education , giving them the opportunity to have better jobs . In recent years , there has been a large degree of reevaluation of the traditional views of women 's roles in the society Then again , as we look at the reality , women still hold greater responsibility on household chores and child rearing . They are still pressured by the cultural norm that they should become wives and mothers . This has prevented many talented women from finishing college or pursuing careers . For women who are employed , their participation in the labor force has become an additional workload for them

Then again , in developed countries such as the United States , working women have started holding work positions that receive relatively high wages . Thus , many working women have resorted to employing domestic helpers who take over the household chores and taking care of the children . Recent trends show that these domestic helpers are immigrants to the United States

American Women at Work

In colonial America , women commonly earned a living by accepting sewing jobs (seamstresses ) or by being boardinghouse caretakers . There were a few women doctors , lawyers , preachers , teachers , and singers but by the early 19th century , women were restricted to factory labor or domestic work (Women 's International Center

Also in the beginning of 19th century , most professional careers required more extensive educational preparation . Women who married early and had children were thus unable to participate in such educational preparations , and were consequently not able to hold professional degrees . Women were pursuing a career in the medical field suffered further discrimination when the American Medical Association founded in 1846 , disallowed them from membership in the said organization . Women were also not allowed to attend men 's ' medical colleges . Therefore , women enrolled in their own school . For example in 1850 the Female Medical College of Pennsylvania was established . By the year 1910 , many leading medical schools have accepted female students . In 1915 , the American Medical Association began accepting women members (Women 's International Center

During World War II , about 300 ,000 American women served in the Army and Navy . They were tasked to perform jobs such as secretaries typists , and nurses . After the war , the number of women in the US work force continued to increase . Indeed , significant changes in the women 's role...