Kenneth G. Anderson 2906 May Street Eau Claire, WI 54701 715-839-8470 www.mayberryreflections.com[email protected]
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Probably the biggest contributing factor to women wanting to be in the work
force was World War 2 when millions of American women entered the work
force, mainly in factories, to help fill the need for workers when war
production was at full force and most of America's young men were in the
military. When the war ended many of the women did not want to give up the
money they had come to enjoy and also their new found independence. I
always thought too that it was a bit strange that Andy and Helen couldn't
get married and continue to both work. After all they were not young kids,
Andy being in his 30's and Helen probably being somewhat younger. But it
was also very common back then for most women teachers to be married. On
the other hand, I remember when I was a child back in the late 50's and
early 60's, my mother was the only mom who worked among all my friends'
families, except for my good friend Dan's mother, and you guess it, she was
a teacher.
