Society’s responses to working women

Both “Munitions!” and “The Office” display something of society’s responses to working women, whether women called into the war effort in WW1 or women seeking to pursue any kind of work outside of the household in the ~1960s.

Compare/contrast the responses to working women captured in these short stories. What do these stories reveal about the challenges and possibilities available for women in the times represented in these stories (WW1 era for “Munitions!” and 1950s/1960s for “The Office”)

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