The Quartering Act is a name that was given to two or more Acts of British Parliament requiring local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with housing and food. Each of the Quartering Acts was an amendment to the Mutiny Act and required annual renewal by Parliament.
I assume the 30s and 40s during WWII. The men were drafted to war so the women took their jobs.
because in the book Carson told that the chemicals in ADT used to kill mosquitoes were killing birds and fish