In the late 1940s and early 1950s ... more married women were in the labor force than at any previous time in American history. Domesticity and Money Pressures The reality of many middle- and ...

including African American women. In honor of Black History Month, we are highlighting our very own Rosie, Ruth Wilson, 102, who worked at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard in the early 1940s.

[37] Beginning in 1940 and continuing for the next 10 years ... who was still delivering a large number of African American women in the South. The Children's Bureau provided consultation to ...