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201517 minPGdoc-short

The Hidden Army

201517 minPGdoc-short

In 1944, U.S. women in war work challenged Nazi stereotypes by taking on roles in manufacturing, welding, and inspecting military equipment while balancing personal services.

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Channel: US National Archives

The Hidden Army

2015• 17 minPG

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In 1944, U.S. women in war work challenged Nazi stereotypes by taking on roles in manufacturing, welding, and inspecting military equipment while balancing personal services.

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The Hidden Army 1944 Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer National Archives Identifier: 37003 On U.S. women in war work. Reel 1 dramatizes the Nazi concept of U.S. women as decadent playgirls, unfit for working. Women weld airplanes and landing barges, install wiring in planes, and inspect shells and radio tubes. Reel 2 shows nursery schools and personal services (banking, beauty shops, etc.) established in war plants to ease the burden on working women. Women cite their reasons for producing war materiel. DocsTeach:

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