Occupational Shifts of Women in the Workforce by Race, 1910-1960
Between 1910 and 1960, the number of women working for wages in the United States grew from just over 8 million to over 23.2 million, rising from 21 percent to 32 percent of the workforce. The types of jobs that women of different races did also [...]
Tags: World War II
Item Type: Quantitative Data
Table of Statistics on Women in the World War II Era Workforce
Before World War II (1941-1945), when women worked outside the home it was usually in jobs traditionally considered to be “women’s work.” These included teaching, domestic service, clerical work, nursing, and library science. [...]
Tags: Rosie the Riveter, World War II
Item Type: Quantitative Data
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Table of Incarcerated Japanese Populations, 1942-1946
The U.S. government forced more than 100,000 Japanese Americans to leave their homes and businesses on the West Coast and report to one of fifteen assembly centers. At these centers they were first processed and then transported by train to one of [...]
Item Type: Quantitative Data
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)