Can we do it?

One occupation that changed drastically over the decades was the occupation of a homemaker. In the 1940s, women had to work because their husbands were off at war and someone needed to fill in those jobs and make money for the family. This is when the famous "Rosie the Riveter" poster was publicized to encourage women to go out and fill in for the men and to tell them that women are capable of doing a "man's job". However, by the end of the decade and during the 1950s and 1960s, women's progress took a step back. When the men came back from the war, women went back to homemaking, and even though they wanted to continue to work, the media and men discouraged them from doing anything other than staying home and raising children. During the 1960s, women started to fight back and protest for more representation in the workforce. Women have definitely made a lot of progress since this time, thankfully.