healthcarepolew.blogg.se - Call of war 1942 raise morale

One Alberta mother of nine sons - all of them either in the army or away working in factories - drove the tractor, plowed the fields, put up hay, and hauled grain to elevators, along with tending her garden, raising chickens, pigs and turkeys, and canning hundreds of jars of fruits and vegetables.

With their sons overseas, many farm women had to take on extra work.

Women's smaller physical size and manual dexterity helped them develop a great reputation for fine precision work in electronics, optics, and instrument assembly.

At the peak of wartime employment in 1943-44, 439,000 women worked in the service sector, 373,000 in manufacturing and 4,000 in construction.

During the war, their numbers doubled to 1,200,000.

Out of a total Canadian population of 11 million people, only about 600,000 Canadian women held permanent jobs when the war started.

This level of female participation in the workplace was a first for Canada - thousands of Canadian women proving they had the skills, strength, and ability to do the work that men did. They built parts for ships and aircraft and manufactured ammunition. Women worked shoulder-to-shoulder with men in factories, on airfields, and on farms.

Canada had its own version of "Rosie the Riveter," the symbolic working woman who laboured in factories to help the war effort.

Roll up Your Sleeves for Victory!ĭuring the war, many women took a wide variety of civilian jobs that had once been filled by men. Canadian women enthusiastically embraced their new roles and responsibilities and helped contribute to the success of Canada's Victory Campaign. Canada needed women to pitch in and support the war effort from their homes, to work at jobs that were traditionally held by men, and to serve in the military.

During the Second World War, the role of women in Canadian society changed dramatically.