Women collected scrap metal needed for the war effort. In Portsmouth, this group collected enough scrap metal in four weeks to fill four railway carriages. Women’s contribution to the war was ...

The money they earned helped the family's budget and they made new friends in the factory, office or shop. MRS JOHNSON: With this war on, everyone’s got to do their bit. A bit makes it sound ...

Mobilizing Minerva deals with the role of American women in the war effort during the Great War. The book is, however, neither military history nor a war and society treatment, but rather a "gender ...

And as you said, some people may be surprised to know that there were women of many races and ethnicities contributing to the war efforts. KH: Yeah, Judith has an incredible story. She was born ...

Over the course of WW1 and WW2, 500 female munitions workers made over 11 million incendiary bombs; a vital part of Britain’s war effort ... This year the four women’s names were formally ...

PAVLOHRAD, Ukraine — They are Ukraine’s “Rosie the Riveters,” rolling up their sleeves and doing a dirty job once considered suitable only for men. “We really wanted to help and to ...