How was life similar and/or different for american women before, during, and after the war? did the war change the role of women in american society?

select and view one of the four videos listed below from the veterans history project.

- meda brendall, a single mother who worked as a shipyard welder
- ann caracristi, a civilian recruited to work as a japanese code breaker
- violet hill gordon, a wac stationed in the european theater
- jeanne holme, who became the first woman general in the air force

after viewing your video selection, do more research on your own and write a well-crafted essay to address the question above.

Life was very difficult for American  women in general before and even after the second world war, and the war greatly had an effect on many things. The life of American women was one of the things it change. As the end of the second world war came, life for America women changed for the better, as women became more important and more than just household workers. Women became more important and were more greatly respected and allowed more opportunities thanks to the second world war. In other other words, the life of American women differed before, during, and after the war in the sense that it got better for them and they were treated with new levels of respect as time passed on.

   In the beginning before the war, most women were expected to be 'housewives' or to do jobs that were "woman" like jobs that didn't have to do with physically hard work. This included working as an domestic servant. However, by the 1940s, women were being called by the Armed Forces to aid them. The difference between the beginning and during the war for American women is that once the second world war came, women had more importat job opportunities that allowed them to be seen as more "strong" and "manly".

  The difference between life for American during the war after the war is that it  got better for American women. As during the war, women came to play a large role in the military and gender roles changed, after the war. The women who served during the war led to impact the women afterwards to expect more from their lives, and to make a better name for themselves. Although it didn't happen quickly,  their participation in the war eventually won the recognition of many people and men began to more greatly respect women and bring equality to both sexes. In others words, the years after second world war was not only harder for women as they worked to gain more respect, but was more better, as they found themselves received greater amounts of recognition, respect, and equality as time passed.

1960: wilma rudolph was the first woman to win three olympic gold medals in track and field at one olympic games. she was an american sprinter from tennessee, she was acclaimed the fastest woman in the world. she was among the most visible black women in america and abroad. she became a role model for black and female athletes. she was also known as a civil rights and women right's pioneer.

1973: billy jean king is an american former number one tennis player. she represented the united states in the federal cup and the wightman cup. for three years she was the usa's captain in the federation cup. she defends gender equality and has been a pioneer for equal and social justice. at the age of 29, she won "the battle of sexes" tennis match against the 55 year old bobby riggs. she was also the founder of women's tennis association and the women's sports foundation.  

1983: tamara mckinney becomes the first american female skier to win the alpine world cup overall championship top. she was the only american to hold that title for a quarter century until 2008.

1992: manon rhéaume, from canada,   becomes the only woman to start in a national hockey league game in an exhibition game for the tampa bay lightning . she played on the canada women's national ice hockey team winning gold medals in 1992 and 1994. and silver medals in 1998. manon marked the first time a woman appeared in a regular season professional game with her first appearance against the salt lake golden eagles.

2013: serena williams won 78 of 82 matches at the age of 31. she is an american professional tennis player. she reached the number 1 ranking for the first time on july, 8, 2002. at the age of 16, she played against karsten braasch the battle of sexes. she was the highest paid female athlete in 2016. she is a unicef ambassador .

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