Index Card 1

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-All women who were not in charge of young childern were asked to seek employment
- The public was very resistant to the idea of working mothers
-Women who decided not to work did choose to help the war effort in other ways
-Another effort to conserve resources for the war was called rationing, this meant that a women could only purchase so much of something at one time
Things that were rationed were items such as: sugar and other cooking staples, as well as fabrics like silk, nylon, rayon, cotton and wool.
-The government encouraged victory gardens, these were small patches in their backyards used to grow things like lettus, beans and other produce that would normally be purchased at a grocery store
-Women during this time were still expected to keep the house and dress the same as they normally would as well as cook with limited resoruces