Besides working for private companies and factories involved in the war effort, women joined the armed forces. Many of these women worked in the U.S. doing a variety of jobs-everything from office paperwork to important high-tech assignments. Women in the service were not on the front lines of fighting. However, they performed a whole range of important jobs to help support the soldiers who did fight. The government's campaign to get more women into the work force was very successful. A song titled "Rosie the Riveter" was written in 1942, and famous illustrator Norman Rockwell drew her on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1943. The term "Rosie the Riveter" was created because jobs such as riveting, usually seen as men's work , were now being done by women. World War II was the real beginning of women working outside the home. 44. American women went to work during World War II because they wanted to work in defense plants and shipyards. A Right B Wrong C Doesn't say 45. During World War II, the American population increased.