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Women munitions workers, American Car and Foundry Plant, October 1918.
The Selective Service Act of May 18th, 1917 drafted nearly 2.7 million men out of the workforce and into the military service during the First World War. In response, the United States Employment Service recruited women out of the households and into industry. Thousands of women took employment in formerly unconventional positions such as munitions workers, butchers, and streetcar conductors. Though they proved themselves vital to the war effort, most women lost their jobs and returned to domesticity when men returned home from the front. |
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