American women had very few employment options, usually secretaries. When women married they were typically encouraged to retire and become a housewife and raise any children they might have. During WWII (mostly single) women took the former positions of men that went to war, showing them that they could work as well as men in some cases.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.