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  • Tags: war effort

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Among the many jobs that Toledo women took on during the war, women also began working on the railroads, providing maintenance, cleaning, and operations.

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In order to get those who hadn't been solicited in the war effort to contribute, the Toledo Red Cross set up stations around the city to suggest donating to the war fund.

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Margaret Barnard Pickel wrote this bold expose regarding college women refusing to enter the military; an ongoing concern regarding college women was that they felt they were too intellectual to enter the military without holding a rank.

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In response to the media blast of women as wartime heroes in 1942, Newsweek released an article nearly a year later deeming the enthusiasm "premature," claiming that the involvement of women in the war has died down and should be higher.

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Toward the end of the war, recruitment levels for women were still lower than the government had expected. An ongoing debate ensued as to whether or not women should have been drafted: if men were forced into the war effort, some thought women…

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In order to get more women involved in the war, the Recruiting and Induction Station of the U.S. Army released an advertisement involving a Q&A about being in the WAAC. It includes the persuasive language necessary to convince women that to be…

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In Mansfield, Ohio, 350 wives of war plant employees started a campaign titled "Health for Victory," which educated war plants about health and wellness, as well as coordinated events accordingly; this initiative eventually expanded out to more…

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To ensure that women were doing their part inside the home, the Consumer-Welfare Committee created the "Consumer's Pledge," a skip of paper that housewives were asked to sign to pledge being waste-free and conservative in order to help the country's…

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For those who could only contribute to the war effort from the comfort of their homes, victory gardens quickly became known from household to household. During a time of rationing and food shortage, Americans were asked to grow their own as their…

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Photos of Margaret Waite, the lead Gray Lady at Mercy Hospital, served the Red Cross Association until the United States entered peacetime.
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