General Discussion

I remember learning about that in a lecture during college. Women's magazines were putting out "quick 'n easy" recipes and there was a coordinated social effort --spearheaded by the government--to make women feel guilty for NOT leaving their children and going to work for the war effort.

Of course, when the war was over and "the boys" were back home, "real women" stayed home and worn cinched-waist dresses when they weren't producing three to five children. I'm not saying that those young men didn't sacrifice for their country; of course they did. But women have always been expected to sacrifice while being told to smile and look nice the whole effing time.

Anyway, I don't want to get off into a long, drawn out tangent. Here's an article that talks about government-supported childcare during WWII.

U.S. Government-Funded Child Care During WWII.