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In reply to the discussion: 18 Color Photos Of Female WWII Workers That Will Make You Proud(er) To Be A Woman [View all]customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)27. Consider the times
They didn't even let male soldiers of different colors fight with each other. Having women step into essential support roles for the war was a step along the way to the women's liberation movement that saw it's full flowering some twenty-five years later.
We utilized the talents of both genders, the enemy didn't. One of the key reasons we won.
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one_voice
Aug 2014
OP
Proud ot be an American woman. I doubt the women supporting the Axis are entitled to as much pride.
Nuclear Unicorn
Aug 2014
#2
I doubt that many women in Axis countries were doing tasks like the ones in these photos.
Brigid
Aug 2014
#14
I would've thought that killing millions of innocent people was Germany's biggest mistake
Yavin4
Aug 2014
#38
My father's sisters worked making wings for planes, machining and fitting them together, and making
freshwest
Aug 2014
#4
My mom worked on the Enola Gay when it was being built at the Martin Bomber plant
Omaha Steve
Aug 2014
#12
Thank you for posting that great story about all the Purple Hearts made for
amandabeech
Aug 2014
#37