Without a doubt, the United States has never really lived up to the ideals of the Declaration. Historians, myself included, are quick to point out that Thomas Jefferson enslaved several hundred human beings when he crafted the Declaration.
Elitist because they were the one that had more power
In order to free up jobs for men, women were forced out of work and into their kitchens, by the same managers who had previously begged them to help out.
A survey conducted by the end of the war suggested that between 61 and 85 percent of women wanted to remain in their jobs after the war ended. By 1948 women in the U.S. workforce had dropped to 32.7 percent.