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
Women and World War II - Female Soldiers - Roles of Women - Home Front
The American Experience | Fly Girls
Army Nurse Corps
Nursing Posters from World War II
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
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
    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
Rosy the Riveter - Revisited
Rosie the Riveter from both sides, the Web of Time, Issue 1
The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter
REDSTONE'S WWII FEMALE "PRODUCTION SOLDIERS"
   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
   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!!!
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
HOLNET - London at War 1939-1945
World War II: The Home Front
Mobilization of the Homefront
A Nation Transformed 1939-1945
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
World War II Through the American Newsreels, 1942-1945
Hollywood at War
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
   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
Also, check out the WOMEN DURING WWII section above.
For more info on WWII in film, cartoons, and music, check out my WWII Propaganda, Images, Art page.

INFORMATION ON INTERNMENT CAMPS IN AMERICA MAY BE FOUND ON MY INTERNMENT CAMPS PAGE.

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