“i learned that just because you’re a woman and have never worked is no reason you can’t learn. the job really broadened me. . after the war i could never go back to playing bridge again, being a clubwoman . . when i knew there were things you could use your mind for. the war changed my life completely.” —inez sauer, quoted in eyewitness to world war ii

how did the war change women’s roles and place in american society, according to the passage above?