From 1939, and throughout the Blitz ... 17 million women were either in the forces or engaged in work for the war. Government propaganda urged women to aid the war effort. The key message was ...

Virginia Nicholson's evocative account of the Second World War is told through a multitude of individual women's experiences ...

In 1939, the United States Army ranked thirty ... While 16 million men and women marched to war, 24 million more moved in search of defense jobs, often for more pay than they previously had ...

hosted a commemorative function to honor Nupi Lan—the historic "women's war" movements of Manipur. These uprisings in 1904 and 1939 against colonial rule epitomize the indomitable spirit and ...