Women and the Home Front During World War II

Updated February 27, 2008 

WOMEN'S CONTRIBUTION TO THE WAR
Women and World War II 
  Military and War: Women's Roles 
  Women Remember World War II 
  A People at War: Women Who Served
  Experiencing War (Women at War): Stories from the Veterans History Project of the Library of Congress
  Women Come to the Front
  Women and the Home Front During World War II : Library : MNHS.ORG
  World War II Homefront - Women at Home
  Imperial War Museum Education Services - No Job for a Woman
  Women and World War II - Female Soldiers - Roles of Women - Home Front  
  The American Experience | Fly Girls 
  Army Nurse Corps - Office of Medical History - Army Nurse Corps History - People remember World War II nurses - Corregidor Nurse
  Oral Histories of World War II: Navy Nurse POW, Philippines 
   Nursing Posters from World War II 
  Images - WWII Nurses in Movietone Newsreels
  The Women's Army Corps 
  Oveta Culp Hobby, commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps 
Women in World War II 
  Angels of Mercy: Nurses' Tale
  Images - WWII Nurses in Movietone Newsreels
WASP WWII Home Page
  Women Airforce Service Pilots - Remembered By Those Who Knew Them. 
    Women Airforce Service Pilots Killed in Service, Part 1, Part 2 
    WAVES Collection at Oklahoma State University
  War, Women and Opportunity
A People at War: Women Who Served
Women at War
  American Women Mariners in World War II
   Mothers and Day Care in World War II 
We Can Do It! - Famous Rosie the Riveter Poster
     What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: Rosie the Riveter
What did you do in the war, Grandma?
What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?: Glossary
  Rosie the Riveter - Library of Congress - Rosie Pictures: Select Images Relating to American Women Workers During World War II - Rosy the Riveter - Revisited - The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter - Rosie the Riveter - Rosie the Riveter: Women Working During World War II - Rosie the Riveter - Women in War Jobs - Rosie the Riveter (1942-1945) 
REDSTONE'S WWII FEMALE "PRODUCTION SOLDIERS" (mirror site
   WWII Shipyard Day Care 
  Federally Sponsored Childcare During World War II: An Idea before its Time 
  “Women’s Annual Earnings Are Substantially Lower than Those of Men”  
Even a Little Can Help a Lot NOW! - War Bond poster 
    American Women's History: World War II
Women Come to the Front: Journalists, Photographers, & Broadcasters
Women's Recruiting Posters WWII 
  MAKING UP FOR WAR: SEXUALITY AND CITIZENSHIP IN WARTIME
   Lest We Forget 
  Angell Productions brave women of Oceania 
  Heroines of The Empire Star 
  The Wah Sui Incident, 1942 
  The forgotten prisoners of Rabaul 
   Women of the Special Operations Executive 
  COMFORT WOMEN 
   Living Through the Götterdämmerung of the Third Reich 
   Anonymous Woman Diarist in Berlin 
  Service Star flags (United States) - these flags were placed in windows. They showed the number of sons in service and who had been killed in action, taken prisoner, or wounded.  Mothers of these soldiers were known as Gold Star Mothers.
  American Gold Star Mothers - American Gold Star Mothers Inc, Home 
  Gold Star Moms - History 
  Gold Star Mothers/Sons in Service Flag 
  History of Blue Star Mothers of America 
Woman's Place After the War
 
For more, check out specific topic sections on my Main WWII page.


THE HOME FRONT
American Cultural History - Decade 1940-1949
  REVISIT THE HOMEFRONT - Find out what was going on in your area during the war - Just type in your zipcode and find out WWII happenings in your area!!! Also, find a list of local veteran stories!!! SUPER!!! 
  Oral History Interviews: Conflict Index: World War II: Home Front
  The National Archives Learning Curve | Home Front - Main
  The National Archives | Home Front - Bombing in Britain
  The National Archives | Home Front - Help Children Evacuate  
  The National Archives | Home Front - Go Shopping in War Time Britain
  BBC - History: Home Front: World War Two
  HOLNET - London at War 1939-1945
  World War II: The Home Front 
  The Learning Page - On The Homefront
  Mobilization of the Homefront 
  WWII Homefront
  World War Two - Home Front
  World War II: Home Front Statistics
  World War II: Home Front
  Overview of World War II - The Homefront
  Rationing on the US Homefront during WW II
  American Home Front
  Home Front ... World War II
  World War II Home Front
  World War II Homefront - Women at Home
  America on the Homefront
  World War II on the Homefront
  A Nation Transformed 1939-1945 
  Films from the Home Front
  The Good War? 
  San Francisco Wartime Dim-Out Regulations - 1942 
  San Francisco History by Subject - World War II
  SAN FRANCISCO DEFENSE GUNS IN WW2
Victory Gardens
Victory Garden advertisement
  Home Front Links 
  ww2homefront.com - Master Links 
  BBC - Children of World War 2  
  Children's Bureau - Children's Overseas Reception Board 
Service Star flags (United States) - these flags were placed in windows. They showed the number of sons in service and who had been killed in action, taken prisoner, or wounded.  Mothers of these soldiers were known as Gold Star Mothers.
  American Gold Star Mothers - American Gold Star Mothers Inc, Home 
  Gold Star Moms - History 
  Gold Star Mothers/Sons in Service Flag 
  History of Blue Star Mothers of America 
  The War Labor Board Insists on Equal Pay for Black Workers 
  WW II and Executive Order 8802 - no discrimination in defense industry 
Produce For Victory: Posters on the American Home Front (1941-45) 
  World War II: The Homefront
WWII Homefront Museum
WWII Homefront Simulation
  World War II Exhibit: A People at War
Radio Days: A Soundbite History
A PEOPLE AT WAR--SCIENCE PITCHES IN 
Memories Project: Memories of the 1940's 
   Memories of the 1940's: Rationing in wartime Britain.
Memories of the 1940's (1996-1998 archive): Re: rationing in WW2 
  Price and Supply on the Home Front 
  Victory on the Menu: Recipes and Rationing
World War II Ration Stamps 
Pictures of U.S. Ration Books
    Recipes of Wartime Europe
War Time Recipe
Voices: Rationing Timeline
Rationing in the USA
  Records from War Ration Books for Genealogy | World War Two (1942 - 1945) 
  Civil Defense
Clickable map of Europe: Personal War Stories by Country
Kathleen's story: Bombed in the London Blitz 
Helene's story: We are occupied by the German army
Violette's story: Paris is occupied
Memories Project: Stories of life during the War.
WWII Interviews of Japanese on Their Homefront
Memories Project: Stories from the 1940's
The New Look - Women's Fashions of the 1940s 
  20th Century Fashion History: 1940s 
   Homefront Pictures, 1938-1944 
The Homefront During World War II
  The 1940s: On the home front 
  Citizen Contributions to the War Effort 
  Forever Forties: Remembering the Salem College of the World War II 
  Frank Capra's "Why We Fight" Propaganda Films - The Battle Ground on Film - Hollywood Homefront Mobilization - The Stars Go to War - War and Anti-War Films - More on my WWII Propaganda page.
   Welcome to The Big Bands Database Plus 
  Popular Music Slang Expressions 
  Popular Song Vocalists Who Worked in the Big Bands 
  A List of Songs Popular During World War II 
  American Popular Music During World War II 
The American Big Bands Database
Old-Time Radio Program Guide
  Radio Broadcasts 1939-1943 
  A Day in Radio - September 21, 1939 
  Belfer World War II Songs || Syracuse University Library - WORLD WAR II SONGS BY TITLE 
   Swing, Swing, Swing is a super site in tribute to the dance of WWII and the revival of Swing Dancing today!!!
History of Swing Dancing 
The Beginning of the Lindy Hop
  Welcome to "A World of Wireless", our virtual radiomuseum 
  Radiohistory by "The World of Wireless"
V-campaign - that is: V for Victory! Radio endorsement to paint Vs on just about everything! 
  V-Disc Records: 1943-1949 
  1940s, On the Air! exhibit, Michigan Historical Museum 
  Songs of World War II
  The Bing Crosby Information File 
  War and Liberty Bonds Posters  
World War II & the American Dream: How Wartime Building Changed A Nation
  A People at War: The War is Over 
    THE U.S. AFTER WORLD WAR II: DOMESTIC ISSUES 
  Aftermath of War 
  Postwar America 
  Postwar United States, 1945-1968
  The Home Front during World War Two

  For more info on WWII in film, cartoons, and music, check out my WWII Propaganda, Images, Art page.


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