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Look up Rosie the Riveter (and a good place to start is wikipedia: http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Rosie_the_R!.!.!.

With 8 million men in uniform, women filled every type of job!. They riveted, welded, built wooden frames, polished bombs, filled bombs with gunpowder, built trucks and tanks, drove trucks and even piloted planes overseas to England!.

And, if you are doing a story about women in war, women also served in the military as nurses, typists and other office personnel in rear bases!.

You say you don't have time to go to the library!. But, you can get on the Internet and type the questions!. This means that you have time to Google enough information for a short 200-to-400 word essay!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Women were in each of the military services, performing virtually all functions except those directly involved in combat!.

Some examples: Women flew new airplanes from the factories where they were built to military airfields where they would be given to airmen!.

Women managed much/most of the clerical functions in the Pentagon, handling millions of pages of paper needed to keep the armed services functioning!.

Women taught classes at military bases in such topics as aircraft maintenance!.

Women did the math calculations needed to assemble tables showing how to aim artillery pieces!.

In the civilian sector, women filled in for jobs created due to the explosive need for military goods!. They built aircraft and ships, operated freight trains, delivered goods--just about any job skill you can name!. Women worked at the secret atomic bomb plants in Oak Ridge, Tennessee!.

The above should give you ideas for the four ads you need to write!.

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Lydia Litvyak, (August 18, 1921 – August 1, 1943), also known as Lydia Litvak or Lily Litvak, was a female fighter pilot in the Soviet Air Force during Second World War!. With 12 victories, she is one of the world's only two female fighter aces, along with Katya Budanova!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Lydia_Litvy!.!.!.

Lyudmila Pavlichenko (July 12, 1916 – October 10, 1974) was a Ukrainian Soviet sniper during World War II, credited with 309 kills!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Lyudmila_Pa!.!.!.

The Night Witches was the nickname the Germans gave to the World War II Soviet Air Forces 588th Night Bomber Regiment, later called the 46th Taman Guards Night Bomber Aviation Regiment, a women-only combat regiment!.

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/Night_Witch!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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There is this fabulous thing called a library!. There, it contains books and other research materials for you to do your own homework!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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A lot of women went to work in defense jobs!. Most of the first defense workers were single women who were already working, a lot of restaurants and laundries had to close down due to the lack of help when their staff left to take the better-paid defense jobs!. The wives of servicemen also went to work in defense!. Some married women took defense jobs, mostly those whose children were older and didn't need them at home, or poor women who had been working anyway!. The government had difficulty recruting married women because it didn't offer much in the way of help with childcare!.

More than 350,000 women enlisted during the war, mostly in the WAC( women's Army Corps) and the nursing corps!. The Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) was created to free male fliers for service overseas!. The 1,000 women who were accepted flew 60 million miles during the war, in every time of plane manufactured by the military!.

Maya Angelou went to work as a streetcar conductor in San Francisco, though she had great difficulty being taken on, in spite of the shortage!.

A lot of black women took over jobs that had been vacated by white women who had gone into defense work or joined the services!. They often took over low-paying jobs like elevator operator or car cleaners on railroads, but whatever the job, they saw it as an improvement on domestic work!.

for a few women, the war opened up opportunities that might otherwise have been unimaginable!. People began dancing to all-girl bands!. the owner of the chicago Cubs started an All-American Girls league!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Have a look at these links:

http://www!.historylearningsite!.co!.uk/wom!.!.!.
http://www!.woodlands-junior!.kent!.sch!.uk/!.!.!.
http://www!.oppapers!.com/topics/women-in-!.!.!.
http://www!.woodfieldpublishing!.co!.uk/ind!.!.!.
http://www!.abfition!.com/history/women-du!.!.!.
http://www!.socyberty!.com/Women/WW2-Women!.!.!.
http://www!.teacheroz!.com/WWIIHomefront!.h!.!.!.
http://www!.discoverychannel!.co!.uk/ww2_ho!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

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