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home.” A woman should not abdicate her role as teacher, nurturer, nutritional supervisor,
spiritual counselor, or home front prayer warrior, etc., for any other reason than because
Yahweh has given her command to do so. Most women today are abandoning the role of
homemaker for soulish reasons. Yahweh will judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart
(Hebrews 4:12).
Society, and even the Federal government of the United States, has put a lot of
pressure upon women to abandon the home and enter the work force. This push began in
th
earnest during the two world wars at the beginning of the 20 century. So many men were
sent overseas in the military that the government began advocating it to be the patriotic
duty of the woman to enter the workforce. Some rather bizarre arguments were set forth.
They would be comical if not for the terrible toll that has resulted as families have
disintegrated. Following is an excerpt from a government brochure put out during World
War II. It was published to convince the women of Mobile, Alabama, a major munitions and
shipbuilding area, to leave home and enter the workforce.

If Hitler Came to Mobile...
Every woman would defend her home with a gun, a knife, or her bare fingers.
But...
Hitler and his hordes will not come if women will help to build ships, more ships to
transport our men, tanks, planes and munitions to the battle lines on other
continents - or if women take other jobs directly aiding the war effort...
To the Women of Mobile...
You are needed in the war jobs, and in other essential civilian jobs directly aiding the
war effort in Mobile NOW. Manpower has been practically exhausted. Housing
available at this time will not permit the bringing into Mobile of the thousands of
additional workers required for the shipyards and other war and essential industries.
We must depend upon you - upon womanpower. There are idle machines in war
plants which you can operate. There are idle jobs in the shipyards which you can fill.
There are jobs in stores, offices, transportation, restaurants, hospitals in which you
can render essential war service.
Hitler will not come to our shores if we build the ships which can transport our
soldiers and our war material overseas...
[ S o u r c e :
http://www.archives.gov/southeast/education/resources-by-state/images/wwii-f
lyer.pdf]

These words, and many more, were used to persuade women to leave the occupation
of homemaker. Many found that earning their own money, and laboring outside the home,
was attractive in various ways. Satan has battered the image of the stay-at-home mother
while glamorizing the image of the career woman. Even the most arduous, dirty, and
dangerous jobs were portrayed as a fitting pursuit for women, while staying home was cast
as something less appealing. Following is an image taken from the Internet of one of the
war time ads that were used to lure women out of the homes and into the labor force.