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factory controlled by one management. Using the best businessmen in the the country to direct the effort, the government was able to get the cooperation of most businesses to convert their factories to war production. Federal Officials decided how raw materials would be priced and allocated. Women also played a big role in the war. Millions of jobs givin? up by men going to war had to be filled and women did just that. It was a first for them because they had never been welcome in the workforce and they were an essential part of the war effort and the economy. Women were confused though, they wondered how the government could rely on them so strongly and yet still deny them the right to vote. Activists for womens sufferage continued during the war. The war ended in an Allied

victory. The US?s contribution was an important factor in the Allied forces being the victor. by Dustin Fast