Annotated Bibliographies
Drew Asberry
- Roosevelt, Eleanor. "American Women in the War." The Reader's Digest. Jan. 1944: 42-44.
- Rosie the Riveter became the icon for working in the war.
- "Some 12,000 of our Army and Navy nurses are now overseas, taking care of our sick and wounded fighting men."
- Great Britain, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, and Australia had women nurses.
- Caddick-Adams, Peter. "The Home Front." March 2002. BBC.co.uk. 23 April 2006. <http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/lj/warslj/home_01.shtml>
- Many farmers left to work in steel industry or mining during war.
- "Post-war food shortages meant that the Women's Land Army continued until 1950."
- "Hoosier History: Down on the Farm." 1996. Indiana Humanities Council. 23 April 2006. <http://www.indianahumanities.org/farm.htm>
- Throughout WWII, farmers became more specialized.
- Farmers slowly started migrating to a "for-market" crop, or cash-crop. Much of the produce included soy beans, corn, and wheat.
- Many farmers found struggles in the operational costs for the new machinery being developed in the time period.
- "In the early 20th century, southern Indiana farmers still relied upon horses as their primary source of power. After WWI, tractors became the major source of power for operating plows, disks, planters, and harvesting implements."
- "Another aspect of technological change was scientific innovations such as chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides, genetic breeding, and hybrid seed. The expense of such innovations required farmers to become much more efficient if they hoped to stay in business."
- Urbanization had a huge effect on the amount of farm land passed down to children during the war. Because children were finding other alternative jobs and positions within city limits, many farmers simply sold their land to whoever would buy.
- "Moreover, as more land is converted to residential use, competition among farmers for the remaining land is becoming more intense, undermining to some extent the traditional ethic of mutual aid among farmers."
- The main problems facing farmers.
- "Some of the changes the farmers spoke of included the lack of capable, qualified help in harvesting and other activities; the competition from imports of produce; the increasing difficulty and high cost of earning a living and supporting a family on a farm income; the loss of valuable farm land to suburban development."
- Carnes, Marc C. and John A. Garraty. The American Nation. 11th ed. New York: Pearson Education, 2002.
- Originally, there was massive resistance to women entering the workforce, but that soon ebbed after the realization of the great lack of workers.
- Large-scale movement into cities occurred as a result of the need for laborers.
- Patriotism was a large factor in the Rosie the Riveter mentality
- A large rise in divorce rates occurred by the end of the war
- Takiff, Michael. Brave Men, Gentle Heroes : American Fathers and Sons in World War II and Vietnam. New York: Michael Takiff, 2003.
- Marriage rates rose steeply right before and during the war, families were coming together very rapidly.
- The baby boomers had a huge impact on the development and job markets.
- Lewis, Jone Johnson. "Women's History." 2005. About.com. <http://womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/bl_p_wwii_posters_index.htm>
- Bellafaire, Judith A. "The Women's Army Corps." 17 February 2005. CMH Online. <http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/brochures/wac/wac.htm>
- " Over 150,000 American women served in the Women's Army Corps (WAC) during World War 11. Members of the WAC were the first women other than nurses to serve within the ranks of the United States Army."
- " Both the Army and the American public initially had difficulty accepting the concept of women in uniform. However, political and military leaders, faced with fighting a two-front war and supplying men and materiel for that war while continuing to send lend-lease material to the Allies, realized that women could supply the additional resources so desperately needed in the military and industrial sectors."
- " The Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) was established to work with the Army, "for the purpose of making available to the national defense the knowledge, skill, and special training of the women of the nation.""
