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What did women in Britain do during World War One? Find out in this year 3/4 Bitesize Primary History guide.
World War One opened up radical new employment opportunities to women. What was the enduring impact of the war on women's lives? Did World War One actually improve women's lives in Britain? At the ...
I N 1971 RICHARD NIXON, then America’s president, announced a “war on cancer”. Just two years earlier the Apollo programme ...
Kristina Wilfore is Director of Innovation and Global Projects at Reset Tech and cofounder of #ShePersisted. She has worked ...
The Six Triple Eight unit was the only unit made up entirely of Black women in World War II and one of them called Cobb County home. Channel 2 Cobb County Bureau Chief Michele Newell spoke with ...
Meet the women who were the “secret weapon” that won the war and changed the world in the process.
1. The Baltimore socialite Virginia Hall encountered more than the usual hurdles that women had to overcome to serve in World War II. Having shot herself on a hunting trip at the age of 27, Hall ...
Over the course of World War II, many women stepped out of societal norms to take on roles that were essential to the Allied victory. Many took to the skies while others worked behind the scenes ...
As Women’s History Month draws to a close, let’s take a look at the role some of Carroll’s women played when the United States entered World War I. It was very impressive. Women’s right to ...
What did women do on the home front and for the war effort during World War One? Find out in this year 5/6 primary history guide from BBC Bitesize.