Typically, the women labor force contained young couples without kids, single women, or self- supporting widows and separated women. In the period between 1940 and 1944, married females outnumbered the single ones for the first time in the history of United States (Kiernan, 2014)
The serious one was the rise of the black market. The forecast that rationing, in the same way as prohibition in Twenties, would cause bootlegging came true (Sheldon, 2008)
Shortages in customer products affected and annoyed almost everyone. In order to enhance production and maintain supplies for the military fighting in the war overseas, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) decided to launch the Food Rationing System in 1942 (Weatherford, 2008)
While in the thirties, the percentage of separations was stable at about 1% of all married females, this pattern improved during the mid-forties to 2.4% (Yellin, 2010)
Typically, the women labor force contained young couples without kids, single women, or self- supporting widows and separated women. In the period between 1940 and 1944, married females outnumbered the single ones for the first time in the history of United States (Kiernan, 2014)
The serious one was the rise of the black market. The forecast that rationing, in the same way as prohibition in Twenties, would cause bootlegging came true (Sheldon, 2008)
Shortages in customer products affected and annoyed almost everyone. In order to enhance production and maintain supplies for the military fighting in the war overseas, the Office of Price Administration (OPA) decided to launch the Food Rationing System in 1942 (Weatherford, 2008)
While in the thirties, the percentage of separations was stable at about 1% of all married females, this pattern improved during the mid-forties to 2.4% (Yellin, 2010)