Women working in Welsh factories in World War One did not just produce munitions - but social change.

Far away from the frontline, many of World War One's victims were women. Wives, girlfriends, mothers and sisters of troops often found themselves in high risk jobs at munitions factories, which ...

Working on the Homefront, 1942-45" exhibit features about 50 photographs of workers at Grumman, Sperry, Republic and Liberty.

Even at the height of World War Two, the women who worked at New Brighton's amusement arcade turned up for their shifts as usual. Only they were no longer there to sell tickets, run the stalls, or ...

THE SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION that Irish women made during World War 1 is highlighted in a new exhibition. It shows how thousands of Irish women worked in bomb making factories here in Ireland.

Early in “The Unwomanly Face of War,” Svetlana Alexievich’s harrowing and moving account of female Soviet soldiers during World War II, there is a scene where a group of female fighters ...

American women helped the World War II effort immeasurably by joining the industrial workforce. Photographer Alfred T Palmer captured this momentous societal change in a series of captivating ...

Meet the women who were the “secret weapon” that won the war and changed the world in the process.

More than ever before, women played key roles in World War II. Whether they were manning the homefront, working in factories, or doing the actual fighting, there were strict rules to be followed ...