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Sep 7, 2023 · Colonel Edna Cummings had already been retired from the U.S. Army for more than a decade when she became aware of a distinguished World War II veteran with whom she shared a name: Lieutenant...
The Women's Land Army was reformed in June 1939 to provide additional agricultural labour as farm workers were called up for service in the armed forces. The difficulty of importing food during the war, meant that production in Britain needed to be dramatically increased. At first all Land Girls were volunteers, but when conscription was ...
Jun 13, 2024 · The first British women to be officially flown into a war zone have been commemorated 80 years after they were sent to treat World War Two soldiers.
- Cheryl Dennis
Formed in 1938, the Auxiliary Territorial Service tasked women with a range of vital roles during the Second World War. In 1949, its remaining troops transferred to the newly formed Women’s Royal Army Corps.
May 4, 2020 · By 1943, almost half a million women were working the women’s branches of the armed forces and almost the same number of women were serving in the civil defence. For mothers working within the war industries, they still carried the responsibility of maintaining a balanced home life.
By stretching and reshaping gender norms and roles, World War II and the women who lived it laid solid foundations for the various civil rights movements that would sweep the United States and grip the American imagination in the second half of the 20th century.
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Apr 21, 2015 · From 1941, women were called up for war work, in roles such as mechanics, engineers, munitions workers, air raid wardens, bus and fire engine drivers. The Queen, then Princess Elizabeth in 1945,...
