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03-10-2016, 11:34 PM | #1 |
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Ladies Getting Dirty
In WW II women filled in so the men could go to war.
We've discussed many times how the war was a national effort, how the women contributed, and the changes in how women were viewed by men and by themselves as a result. Britain did the same thing there. But WW I was different for us, when it started in the middle of 1914 we stayed out of the European war. But the German U-boats pissed us off so we jumped in for the last 18 months before the end in 1918. We only mobilized 4 million troops so women weren't needed in industry. Britain was a different story, like WW II the nation was at war and women filled in on the home front, not only in industry, but service industries, and agriculture. Fortunately they had a man to supervise them. The man supervising could sit there all smug and shit. Much of it was tedious dirty work, but proper dress was a given. Even in the dirtiest jobs one could make an effort to shine one's shoes. Tough broads, proper breeding you know.
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