As the war continued men from the other registered age groups received their ‘call-up’ papers requiring them to serve in the armed forces. In 1941 single women aged between 20 and 30 were also conscripted. Women did not take part in the fighting but were required to take up work in r...
FAST FACTS ABOUT WWIIWWII started in Europe on September 1, 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland. US President Franklin Roosevelt led the “We Can Do it” campaign urging single and married women to join the workforce. The former USSR (Russia) lost over 21 million people as war casualties...
40. In World War II, She Was Number 2 A sensual, lingerie-clad Hayworth was photographed forLifemagazine in August 1941. That picture was the second most popular pin-up for all American troops, during World War II. In fact, the famous movieThe Shawshank Redemptionwas originally titledRita Ha...
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A group of women, with no previous industrial experience, are reconditioning used spark plugs in a converted Buick plant to produce airplane engines in Melrose Park, Illinois, 1942. Two women workers are shown capping and inspecting tubing which goes into the manufacture of the "Vengeance" (A-...
Wonder Woman was created back in 1941; her first comic was released right around the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Think about that. The character of Wonder Woman has endured for seven decades. She's been an Icon for women and women's rights since before Marvel was even founded, ...
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