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During World War il in the early 1940s, U.S. Army enlistment
stripped factories of men in the workforce, and women
were needed to fill the positions vacated by men. in
response to the sudden need to employ women in
factories, the Women's Bureau of the U.S. Department of
Labor published the pamphlet that is excerpted here.
When You Hire Women
Today women-hundreds of thousands of
them-are at work in war industries. Unafraid
of the hard, tedious, and dangerous jobs, they
are working in shipyards, in aircraft and
instrument factories, in arsenals and steel
mills.
World War II, with its great influx of women into
jobs previously marked "men only," presents
both management and labor with many new
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Which statements BEST summarize two central
ideas of the Passage?
Foremen oppose female labor in the workforce.
Little can be done to convince them otherwise.
Foremen are reluctant to allow women to manage
factories. A process can be followed to achieve this
goal.
Women workers present a new challenge in the
workforce. Steps can be taken to overcome this
challenge.
New women factory workers are unable to do their
jobs. Training is required to help them succeed.
Answer
Women workers are needed to fill positions vacated by men in World War II, and steps can be taken to overcome the challenge of employing them.