How Did Women's Influence During WWII

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Women had more influence during WWII such was WAVES and Rosie The Riveter. “WAVES stood for Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service, this was a unit of a U.S. Naval Reserve.” It allowed the women to lend a hand to the war effort during WWII. Eleanor Roosevelt helped persuade the navy to think about considering creating a women’s reserve corps. Mildred McAfee was the president of WAVES and was named lieutenant commander. Mildred was the first woman who was an authorized officer in the United States navy. As soon as this opportunity open up, many women applied to general navy service positions. The training for WAVES lasted about a 12 week training, which consisted of 8 hours in a classroom being trained on how to perform secretarial