Selective Training and Service Act 1940
- first peacetime draft in us history (we were not at war)
- used until 1973 to fill military needs
- After 1973 US military depended on volunteers to fill needs
- basically forcing people to join the military
Women in WWII
- women can help the war by working in the factories
- Rosie The Riveter- represented women workers in WWII
- they could do a lot more than working in the home
- women also were nurses to soldiers
- Waitresses, time keepers, elevator operators, teachers...
- every branch in the gov, had a section for women
- WAVES- womens navy
- WASP- womens army service pilots
- African American women also worked in factories
African- Americans In WWII
- half a million served in europe
- not allowed white soldiers
USO- United Service Organizations
- provided entertainment for the soldiers in the war
- presented performances all over the world to troops
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