Jill Monroe
Female Factory Worker

Fate 1
You miss your brother who gave his life in service for your country and fear a similar fate befalling your husband. As a riveter in a factory that builds airplanes for the war effort, you, too, are doing your patriotic duty. However, are your pre-school age children paying the price? What kind of daycare provisions are available to you in a society in which women have not participated in the work force in the large numbers that war has necessitated? Are your obligations to your children less important than your personal need to support the war effort?

Fate 2
In addition to being asked to save your cooking fats and donate them to the war effort, the government has also announced a rationing program. You find it is difficult to obtain household items you are accustomed to using regularly. Among these items are sugar, coffee and pantyhose and car tires. Which rationed item causes the most inconvenience in your life? What changes are you forced to make in your daily life?

Fate 3
After a busy Thursday afternoon, your boss stops you and tells you that you have been selected to be interviewed by the local daily. Why do you think you have been selected? What do you anticipate being asked? What do you say?

Fate 4
For a few years now you have worried about your husband stationed in Europe. Each day you anxiously await news from him and fear for his life and safety. Finally, the war is over and he is coming home! How do you prepare for his arrival? What will you do?

Fate 4A
Now that the boys have returned from overseas you and your fellow female factory workers are being strongly encouraged to leave your jobs. Many of you are being terminated to make room for the men returning to their jobs. You, however, have spent the last few years making your own money, providing for your family, doing your patriotic duty and gaining a new sense of independence and confidence. How do you respond to the idea of returning to the way things used to be?