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BY ELIZA DURHAM, BETTER DAYS INTERN “Women are the last remaining important reservoir of labor.”[1] When the United States joined World War Two, Utah women’s roles increased in almost every area of the workforce as women stepped up to help their country. Like the national symbol of Rosie the Riveter, the women of Utah who […]

By Lauren Webb Because so many men left jobs to fight in World War I, women were given new opportunities for work. Many Utah women went to work in positions that had never been open to them before. On September 24, 1919, seventeen-year-old Alta Hester clocked-in to her job as an elevator operator at the […]