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Working for Victory - A Diary of Life in a Second World War Factory (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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Working for Victory - A Diary of Life in a Second World War Factory (Paperback, Uk Ed.)
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During the Second World War over 1.5 million of women found
themselves thrust into a male working world, having to learn new
skills within a matter of weeks. Their contribution to the war
effort often remains unheralded, but it is without doubt that these
women played a central role in an Allied victory. Kathleen
Church-Bliss and Elsie Whiteman were two such women, who
volunteered for war work and after a training course in engineering
found themselves in an aircraft components factory. Thrown into a
whole new world of industrial work, they kept a joint diary
providing a unique insight into life in a wartime factory. It tells
the tale of the poor conditions suffered on the factory floor, as
well as the general disorganisation and bad management of this
essential part of the war effort. They also describe how war work
opened up a whole new world of social freedom for many women. This
diary, tragic and humorous, brings women's war work vividly to
life.
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