When women began to work or fight for their country they gained more independence. For the first time women began to realize that they could make it on their own. They felt more powerful. Once they had to get jobs they made their own money, then they got to decide how they would spend it. They also learned many new skills that they didn't learn in school. They established new friendships all without the help of their spouses. They learned to live on their own. Another thing that the war brought home was a change in women's fashion. The popular and widely know pinstripe suit wasn't just for men anymore, women began to rock it too. In the same light, women began to wear pants and jumpsuits like men wore. On the more feminine side, foreign airships that were shot down were recycled and turned into women's jewelry. Patriotic prints began to appear on clothing. War themed makeup compacts were given to the wives and the mothers of soldiers. They often were shaped like a soldier's green hats(BBC News). Along with men sharing their clothes with women they began to look at women different, more equally. Once men began to realize that for every women that fought one less boy would be drafted. On more than one occasion the government thought about having a female draft, but it never was actually put into motion. At first men laughed at the thought of women trying to operate a gun. Eventually they realized that women were capable of holding their own. Men started to notice that women were not just useful in the home anymore. They began to see them as equals, and men gave women more respect(History and
When women began to work or fight for their country they gained more independence. For the first time women began to realize that they could make it on their own. They felt more powerful. Once they had to get jobs they made their own money, then they got to decide how they would spend it. They also learned many new skills that they didn't learn in school. They established new friendships all without the help of their spouses. They learned to live on their own. Another thing that the war brought home was a change in women's fashion. The popular and widely know pinstripe suit wasn't just for men anymore, women began to rock it too. In the same light, women began to wear pants and jumpsuits like men wore. On the more feminine side, foreign airships that were shot down were recycled and turned into women's jewelry. Patriotic prints began to appear on clothing. War themed makeup compacts were given to the wives and the mothers of soldiers. They often were shaped like a soldier's green hats(BBC News). Along with men sharing their clothes with women they began to look at women different, more equally. Once men began to realize that for every women that fought one less boy would be drafted. On more than one occasion the government thought about having a female draft, but it never was actually put into motion. At first men laughed at the thought of women trying to operate a gun. Eventually they realized that women were capable of holding their own. Men started to notice that women were not just useful in the home anymore. They began to see them as equals, and men gave women more respect(History and