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Rosie the Riveter Leaves the Industrial Workplace
While government planners and factory owners assumed that women’s industrial work during World War II would last only as long as the war lasted, many of the women had other ideas. After the war ended, despite their new skills, they found [...]
Tags: Rosie the Riveter, World War II
Item Type: Oral History
Historical Era: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)
Pat Bond Describes the Military Purge of LGBTQ+ Service Members
Pat Bond was a member of the Women’s Army Corps (a WAC) during World War II. As a lesbian, she risked a “blue discharge” from the army if she was discovered. Blue discharges were highly stigmatized penalties for alleged dishonorable behavior [...]
Tags: LGBTQ+, World War II
Item Type: Oral History
Historical Eras: Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), Postwar America (1946-1975)