“Daddy’s gone to War”: The Home Front during WWIII. World War II and Economic Recovery 1) GNP – doubles during the war2) Good working conditions, wages, union membership high3) Between 1940-45, wages of lower class go up 68%II. African-Americans and War Mobilization1) 700,000 move north to get work2) segregation and racism there, tooa) Detroit race riot – 1943b) Northern whites against black migrationc) Beginning of inner city ghettos3) employment discriminationa) Philadelphia Transit strike – 1944b) Factories still segregatedc) Army still segregated4) Some Progressa) the Federal Employment Practices Committeee) Black self-empowerment – unions, newspapers, etc.III. Women and Mobilization – gender conflicts1) “Pink Collar Jobs”2) Industrial jobs – increasinga) Rosie the Riveterb) Only 20% women worked a factory job3) Government supporti) reflects traditional views of women4) gender discrimination at the factorya) government doesn’t want to blur gender linesb) illegal to pay women less, but it still happened5) “Latchkey Kids” and delinquencya) Left at home alone while mom was at work and dad was at warb) Causes delinquency rates(?) to rise16) Despite all this, working is a liberating experience for many womenIV. Japanese-Americans and “Racial Hysteria”1) March 1942 – “Relocation” beginsa) Racial segregation not near as bad as during WWI, EXCEPT on the West coast after Pearl Harbor2) Civil Rights violations – loss of homes, businesses, assets, dignity3) Supreme Court assentsi) Hirabayashi vs. United States (1943)ii) Korematsu vs. United States (1944)1. Internment is illegal4) Irony – the glory of the 442nd Regimental Combat Teama) Army recruited from internment campsb) VERY
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