Do you want your wife to work after the war? (c1944)
"Does she have as much right as her husband to try to find the work she wants?”
“Will wives be only too glad to give up their strenuous jobs in war plants to return to the job of being homemakers? ... If they must or prefer to stay at home again what will be done to make the tasks of homemaking more attractive? If a woman wants to keep on working after the war what will her husband's attitude be? If there are no longer jobs enough for everyone should a married woman be allowed to work? Does she have as much right as her husband to try to find the work she wants?” ~ From: “Do You Want Your Wife To Work After The War?”
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Title: Do you want your wife to work after the war?
Source: Agency: US War Dept
Description: This pamphlet is one of a series made available by the War Department under the series G. I. Roundtable. As the general title indicates, G. I. Roundtable pamphlets provide material which orientation and education officers may use in conducting group discussions or forums as part of an off-duty education program.
Date: circa 1944
Contributing Institution: Illinois State Library | Identifier 0385011
Glad to serve as an inspiration. FYI: I have a free interactive iBook with loads of historical media that examines the role of woman on the WWII American Homefront. More info here: "Work, Duty, Glamour: How They Sold War Work To Housewives" https://peterpappas.com/2013/07/work-duty-glamor-selling-war-work-to-housewives.html
Wow, I just read the entire booklet. My first impression was "what a patriarchal load of crap!" The I read it. Yeah, it's full of patriarchy, but also full of questions. More questions than answers in fact. It actually is worming its way into my post on Friday! Thanks!