Wwii women

In World War II, women in Allied countries served their nations in numerous roles, both on the homefront and in the theatres of war. According to Mashable/Retronaut, the American Women’s Voluntary Services trained hundreds of thousands of volunteers to provide services in support of the war effort, from aircraft spotting to firefighting to ambulance driving. In 1942, LIFE photographer Herbert Gehr arranged a photoshoot to show off a small sample of the uniforms of different kinds of…

“An army sergeant instructs a group of British women known as the Women’s Guerrilla Corps, 1941. #WWII”

Three women of the ATS light up together. ATS regulations forbid smoking when soldiers are wearing their hats.

Jean Brims Hubbard of Manitoba joined the Canadian Women's Army Corps (also knowns as CWACs) on her day she turned eighteen.

Herbert Hillary Booker 2nd of Tujunga, California presents a 1943 issue of an Army Quartermaster Catalogue showing clthing and equipment for women in the Army...

Maureen Dunlop de Popp La preciosa quilmeña al servicio de la RAF Primer Oficial Maureen Dunlop sale su Fairey Barracuda,portada Picture Post, 16 de septiembre de 1944 Maureen Adele Hunt Dunlop de Popp (26 de octubre de 1920 - 29 de mayo de 2012 [1]), de soltera Dunlop, fue una piloto británica de origen argentino, quien a través de su doble nacionalidad voló por Transport Auxiliary Air (ATA) durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, [2] convirtiéndose notable como una pin-up en la portada de la…

bill-kelso-mfg: “ Shirley Slade, WWII WASP pilot of B-26 and B-39. In 1942, the United States was faced with a severe shortage of pilots, so an experimental program to replace males with female pilots...

Group of ANC Officers at Fort Benjamin Harrison, Indiana. Front row, L to R: Second Lieutenants Mildred J. Pickett, Freda M. Martin, Eula M. Awbrey. Back row, L to R: Lieutenants Florence E. Thompson, Gladys E. Detwiler, Sevilla M. Durkop, and Nola A. Thompson. Picture taken during the period the Nurses were active at the Post Station Hospital (May-June 1942) ~