In Hawaii, everyone was expected to do their part for the war. Women, even mothers with children out of school (schools were closed from December 7, 1941 through February 1942) were expected to help out the war effort. Women were expected to learn how to cook in the dark, not waste any food, use the foods that the military ships were bringing in, stand in line for groceries, and cut their cooking time so that they would have “more time for relief work and to volunteer for Red Cross projects.”
Sounds easy to me!
To help the women out, the Honolulu Gas Company put on a series of cooking demonstrations called “Foods for Victory” in which Miss Jean Shimura, their home economist, taught classes on how to cook using less gas in less time. By July, 1942, two thousand women had attended the gas company’s cooking classes.
PHOTO: World War II poster, Office of War Information
Women of World War II Hawaii
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