What was one way that women took on new roles during world war ii? - all women quit their jobs once they married to raise large families. - many women took jobs that fell outside the traditional realm of women's work. - women working in blue-collar had to give up their jobs to returning soldiers. - women became less likely to be employed in white collar jobs.

Many women took jobs that fell outside the traditional realm of women's work.

When the men left to become soldiers in the war, the women were left to practically run the entire country.  All of the industries that had been run by men were taken over by women.  Answer choice C is correct in terms of women having to give the jobs back to returning soldiers, but that happened AFTER the war; not during.