<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nWorld War II saw an unprecedented rise in the number of working women in Edmonton. There was even talk of legally ensuring their employment post-war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It\u2019s evident that Edmonton\u2019s women did not sit idle during one of history\u2019s most challenging periods. They became a vital support system for the men on the battlefield, proving themselves indispensable to the war effort and changing societal norms about women\u2019s roles in the workforce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Their resilience and determination left an enduring legacy, shaping Edmonton\u2019s post-war future and setting the stage for greater gender equality in the years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Historically, wars have often been associated with men taking the brunt of the burden on the battlefield. However, it is well known that women have always played crucial roles during wartime, stepping in to ensure the continuity of life on the home front. In military history, many notable women have left their mark, such as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":413,"featured_media":2744,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[498],"tags":[1084,1093,1090,1094,1089,1087,1086,1083,1092,1088,1091,1082,1081,1085,1095],"motype":[491],"moformat":[89],"moimportance":[101,104],"class_list":{"0":"post-2734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-voenna-istoria","8":"tag-aircraft-repair-ltd-women","9":"tag-alberta-women-support-wwii","10":"tag-alberta-women-wwii","11":"tag-cwac-women-alberta","12":"tag-dominion-motors-women","13":"tag-edmonton-female-workers","14":"tag-edmonton-homefront-war","15":"tag-edmonton-red-cross-wwii","16":"tag-edmonton-war-factories","17":"tag-edmonton-wartime-workforce","18":"tag-great-west-company-workers","19":"tag-rcaf-women-volunteers","20":"tag-women-in-edmonton-wwii","21":"tag-women-mechanics-edmonton","22":"tag-women-on-the-homefront","23":"motype-eternal","24":"moformat-vlasna","25":"moimportance-golovna-novyna","26":"moimportance-retranslyacziya-v-agregatory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/413"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2734"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2734\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2747,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2734\/revisions\/2747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2734"},{"taxonomy":"motype","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/motype?post=2734"},{"taxonomy":"moformat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moformat?post=2734"},{"taxonomy":"moimportance","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/edmonton-yes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/moimportance?post=2734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}