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Women and Work After World War II
Inc. During the Second World War, women proved that they could do "men's" work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the military and demands for war material increasing, manufacturing jobs ...
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The Women Who Served in World War II
During World War II, women stepped beyond traditional roles, joining the Women's Auxiliary Corps and other programs to support the war effort. They trained in military basics, performed crucial ...
80 years later, movie tells story of SC woman’s battalion during World War II
When Charity Adams Earley was sent across seas in 1944 , she was faced with a monumental task: Get millions of pieces of mail to the soldiers meant to receive them. Under her leadership, a battalion ...
Bush Center event to honor women’s US Army battalion that delivered mail in WWII
The Bush Center will honor the legacy of the Six Triple Eight battalion on Feb. 12. A Netflix film about the unit was ...
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How life for women changed during World War One
According to Lesley Hall, an historian and research fellow at the Wellcome Library, “the biggest changes brought by the war were women moving into work ... on strike. During World War One ...
Baltimore families praise film honoring Black women of ‘Six Triple Eight’
Excuse me, but there’s something wrong here,’ she said. ‘I’m standing and you’re sitting.’ When the men looked up, my mother ...
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Women and Work After World War II
Inc. During the Second World War, women proved that they could do "men's" work, and do it well. With men away to serve in the military and demands for war material increasing, manufacturing jobs ...