Yet middle-class women felt the pressure of the culture telling them to stay home. Many also had little desire to work in the nine-to-five jobs open to them. They didn't want to be factory workers ...

When the Second World War broke out in 1939 just over five million women were in work. By 1943 that number ... potential and the need for change. WW2: How did the heroes of the Caribbean help ...

Factory work also paid well and many of the early volunteers were motivated by the desire to earn money. This was especially true for women from the south Wales valleys who had shouldered the ...