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World War II: Women on the Home Front

Excerpt from a pamphlet called Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II.

Excerpt from a pamphlet called Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II.

Citation Information: Excerpt from “Women come to the front : journalists, photographers, and broadcasters during World War II,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/3ad71ae27b99f44288cafec14a1971aa.

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Excerpt from a pamphlet called Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, and Broadcasters During World War II.

A newsreel of the US preparing more paratroops for battle in World War II, 1944.

Letters from Beth Puckett to Lewis Puckett, 1945.

A 1943 photograph of women sitting at a stand in Greensboro, North Carolina selling war bonds and stamps to support the war effort.

A poster highlighting women working in the war industry during World War II, circa 1941-45.

A photograph of a group of women during the 1940s in North Carolina contributing to the war effort by knitting and sewing.

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