Consider the various motivations Mundy cites for the women who signed up as code breakers. Do you feel they differed from those of the men serving in America's military then?
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Many of the motivations were the same; however, they had the added motivation of getting a job that recognized their talents and gave them an opportunity to excel, moved ahead and establish a career in a male-dominated field. The other motivations, such as patriotism and family pride were much the same as the men!
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Yes. This was a time when women were trained and trusted to work in highly classified positions with skills that would sustain them in the workforce. In other words, it took them out of the traditional female roles and "professions".
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While women certainly shared the men’s desire to contribute to the war effort, their motives were bolstered in many cases by a desire for adventure and escape from humdrum lives. The women with education and skills needed in code breaking did not have many other outlets for their talents.
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I think the women wanted to do their part in the war effort but I also believe they felt this was an opportunity to prove that they were as capable as men. It was probably also exciting for them and a chance at independence
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Combine all the answers above, and that's my response. Lol. Those days everyone wanted to help the war effort. With so many of the men gone, women were being called upon to do jobs that were previously unavailable to them. Being a code breaker was not only an opportunity to do something important to help the country, but also a chance to do something exciting and break from the expectations for a future that was commonplace for women at that time, mostly marriage and family life.
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I agree with those above. Women wanted to contribute to the war effort and this was a way they could and also expand on what the world at that time thought they could do outside the home. Even though they had to keep the secrets of what they were doing, they did help with expanding the roles of women in the workforce.
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