Dallas Morning News. November 12th, 1950.

1. What was the reason for why women began to take jobs in the workforce?

2. Why would women taking jobs in the workplace change the social structure?

3. What are some of the social implications of women establishing their role in the work force?

4. Do you think that this social change helped women to establish themselves as able to succeed? Why?

Editorial cartoon from the Des Moines Register, 1943
The National D-Day Museum, New Orleans

1. The house is calling out to the women. What does this imply about time after the war?

2. Describe the appearance of the woman. How is this the same or different than the representation of women in the 1950s? Give three reasons to support your opinion.

3. What did the changing role of women mean to men of the time?

4. Is fear of and resistance to this change simply a reflection of sexism, or is it somehow more complex, and therefore more understandable?