Part one of term paper
The status of women in the United States has significantly improved since World War II. Congress has passed many acts to improve the lives of women allowing them to reach equality. The abilities of women began to manifest themselves during and after the Second World War. “Their abilities included working hard and learning fast on the jo ...

Part two of term paper
... see themselves. Many married workers realized that they must be quite capable to hold down two jobs at once.” (Kaledin 68) “The percentage of women in the paid workforce had risen steadily after 1950.” (Mansbridge 22) “More Americans have changed their way of thinking, they had come to approve of married women earning money in business and industry.” (Mansbridge 22) The shift in attitudes encouraged women to work. The status of women changed after the war because they took on the ...