White women mainly were housewives, mothers. Some held agricultural jobs.
Women begin to work in factories as welders, shipfitters, munitions workers, etc.
Some jobs are extremely dangerous too, esp. Propaganda efforts state that absent mothers are harming their children, families, nation's future, etc. The movie presented interviews of the working women, actual propaganda from the period and an interim analysis piece done during the post-war period. Factory work garnered expanded opportunity for minority and white working class women to earn more money than had been possible previously. Working hard together for a common cause allowed women to overcome the sense of isolation they experienced in the home and created a sense of community among those women involved.