The Outbreak Of The War - 1030 Words

The outbreak of the war prompted the formation of numerous women’s voluntary organizations, and a number of women worked to extend women’s role. In 1942 defense ministers and others finally considered to form WAAC to substitute men in the army. The bill took a year to pass. The WAAC only lasted until 1943 because of the newly founded group WAC. The Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps benefited women’s rights, how women got to be accepted in society , and most importantly what the women did to help make the country stronger. Thanks to the honorable Edith Nourse Rogers a congress women from Massachusetts introduced the first bill to establish a women s auxiliary in May of 1941. This bill didn’t get passed by congress until May of 1942. They†¦show more content†¦They also made mutton broth, beef tea, potato pie, and duff pudding. They even served foods that are familiar to us today like stew and even curry. The food that women cooked for men on the f ront line was often better quality than the food that men ate back home. Men at war consumed 4,600 calories a day. The women cookings in the canteens were told to make the food feed as many men as possible. They had tricks to make the food more bulk so the men would be more full from smaller portions. Women would dip bacon and other meats into oatmeal or flour to make it thicker and used other techniques such as putting old bread into water and baking the bread again in the oven for an hour. Many women were asked to undertake office jobs. Women received 24 shillings for unskilled work but up to 48 shillings for jobs which required specific skills like shorthand or typing. One of the many jobs that had been an unthinkable idea prior to the outbreak of the war was women working on cars. By 1916 women had been given the task of repairing motor vehicles which had been broken down. Later they started to work with mechanics to identify what problem it had. They built rifles,bombs,ammunition and much more equipment needed. The WAAC opened up doors to jobs that the women wouldn t usually have. They soon let African American women work in the factories and science labs as well. This gave the women more confidence in and outside of the work place. Women became