Olmsted used the same feminist argument in a radio broadcast the following year. They would have no real influence in the army, and no freedom, and they know it. However, the argument that conscription would place women under male domination was not emphasized in WCOC's campaign. This feminist line of reasoning against the conscription of women did not appear in any of their printed literature. It seems likely that their second gender specific argument against drafting women brought more support to their cause.
Women are naturally and rightly the home makers, producers, and conservers of life . . . .
This role for women was complex. Women were expected to preserve the home and the family the way they had been before the war. In addition to keeping a home women were also asked to work either in paid wartime industry jobs or volunteer for some other service to aid the war effort. At the same time mothers were blamed for what was seen as a rise in the rate of juvenile delinquency, especially amongst adolescent girls. The statistical rise in juvenile delinquency amongst girls was actually a rise in the sexual activity between teen age girls and service men.