In a 1944 magazine article, Eleanor Roosevelt stated that "American women are actively serving in many ways in this war [World War II world], and they are doing an excellent job both on the combat front and on the home front.”1 Although many women did indeed enter the workforce in the 1940s, the extent and effects of their involvement were as contested in that period as they are today.Eleanor Roosevelt, however, was correct in her assessment of the women who served on the combat front. Although in small numbers due to inadequate recruiting, the women who left their homes and loved ones to join the new Corps. of the Women's Army Auxiliary (WAAC), and later in the Women's Army Corps (WAC), women were established they were not drafted like their husbands, fathers and brothers;3 their service was entirely voluntary and as such the WAC had difficulty acquiring the required quota. Several theories have been proposed in an attempt to explain this shortage of volunteers. For example, some assumed that because America, unlike Europe, was not being bombed, women here did not feel the same sense of urgency to join the military. This excuse, however, was considered unacceptable because Canada, which also remained unscathed, seemed to have no problems with female recruitment. By 1944, more than 37,000 of 12,000,000 Canadian women had joined the armed forces, compared to 175,000 of 135,000,000 American women.4 Others suggest that many women felt obligated to stay at home to support their parents or friends whose sons or husbands had already gone to war.5 A Saturday Evening Post writer even blah... halfway through the paper... The Saturday Evening Post. April 29, 1944. “Here's how WAC helps Army do its job in war: Women now serve in 270 posts across United States” Chicago Daily Tribune. “How to Get More Girls to Become WACs.” Chicago Daily Tribune. October 8, 1943. "Remain detached." The Saturday Evening Post.Korman, Seymour. "WACs show the magic of cooking in Africa too." Chicago Daily Tribune. July 17, 1943. Nangle, Eleanor. “WACs help win airstrikes.” Chicago Daily Tribune. March 19, 1944. Noderer, E. R. “WACs will be on the second front,” says Colonel Hobby: 'Just like any part of the Army.'” Chicago Daily Tribune. January 11, 1944.O Hauser, serious. “Those wonderful GI Janes.” The Saturday Night Place. September 9, 1944. “WACs want job requiring new skills.” Chicago Daily Tribune. March 7, 1946. Winn, Marcia. “WACs perform 239 jobs in the Army; Could do 406." Chicago Daily Tribune. January 25, 1944.