Before: women rarely worked, were essentially housekeepers, took care of children from home etc. during: women took a lot of the jobs that were left empty when the male workers were drafted after: there were tensions when soldiers returned to find their jobs filled. many women wanted to keep their jobs, which helped accelerate the feminist ideas that fueled the women's suffrage movement.
Answer: Chinese immigrants were particularly instrumental in building railroads in the American west, and as Chinese laborers grew successful in the United States
