These are the lost stories of a million historic women. In the dismal days of the Second World War,a million British women — ten percent of the countrys population volunteered their time to the war effort on the domestic front. From serving tea and buns to people whod been bombed out of their homes to making sweaters out of dog hair, these women stepped up to the challenge of keeping the country going during wartime. But until now, and their stories have been largely forgotten. The Royal Voluntary Service has more than 300000 pieces of paper that make up “a huge diary of women’s lives,” and they want to make them freely available online for the first time, to preserve and divulge the stories of “the heart, and understanding,and selflessness” of these heroic women. Support the project here.
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