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The percentage of women in the workforce steadily increased until about half of women worked at least part-time.
Many women returned to the home as housewives, although some worked part-time.
Women were encouraged to work in factories and offices to take the place of men at war.
The Equal Pay Act (EPA) mandated that men and women in the same job must be paid equally.
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Because they believed that feed slaves would be willing to take lower wages in order to get work in North.
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To prevent the spread of communism.