http://history.sandiego.edu/gen/st/~cg3/pagethree.html
- In addition to fufilling the household duties expected of housewives during this time many women would also take night jobs
-Many of the resposibilities during war times were shared however housework was not one of them
- The average housewife durning this time averaged about five to six hours of sleep but they were never consecutive
-Many men felt that by letting their wives work at nights they were doing their share
-Most accounts of Rosie the riviter suggested that she asked for nothing and despite all of her struggles she accomplished all of her tasks
-Some women literally quit their jobs to better fufill their obligations to the family
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