Small WWII movie with big-budget impact
“Mable Stoddard’s husband is in the Pacific. She took this job for the duration.
‘Mrs. Stoddard, how do you like your job?’
‘I love it.’
‘How about after the war, do you plan to keep on working.’
‘Well as I was saying, when my husband comes back, I’m going to be busy, at home.’
‘Good for you.’
“Each returning serviceman will get his job back when the war is won. And you girls and women, you’ll be going home. Back to being housewives and mothers as you promised to do when you came to work for us. Your lives will return to normal.”
— Post-war announcement by industry spokesman Continue reading
