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> The rate of women in the workplace ticked up slightly during WW1 and WW2, but by no means was it a sea change. WW2 is just where it started, it went from 28%
by cma 5y ago
> The rate of women in the workplace ticked up slightly during WW1 and WW2, but by no means was it a sea change.
WW2 is just where it started, it went from 28% around then to 47% as a percent of labor force, a huge change.
The male labor force doubled in absolute number since then, but the female one increased almost 4X.
- 8note 5y agoHow much of that is child care switching from not counted to being counted? Women were working before that, just in an uncounted way
- cma 5y agoIf it went from 1 provider on 2-3 child care to 1 on 20 daycare, the effect is similar to if it had been counted anyway. One significant source of uncounted labor was removed with the washing machine. Enormous amounts of time were spent manually washing clothes. But automating this likewise had a similar effect to making child care more efficient and increased downward wage pressure elsewhere by allowing more to enter other parts of the workforce.