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Women in War Work and Reconversion Policy Debates
The Women's Bureau studies how rural women and war workers might fare after the war as reconversion begins. Data show 80 percent of Dayton Springfield area workers want ongoing jobs, while 1.5 million wartime entrants would have joined anyway. Equal pay drives progress with union contracts, and a proposed constitutional amendment seeks gender equality in rights, sparking debate on protective laws.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Labor Bureau
Dayton- Springfield
Ohio
Bureau of the Census
National Industrial Conference Board
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
United States