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Podcast: A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast
Episode: "GIRLS NEXT DOOR" -- WOMEN AS EMOTIONAL LABORERS ON THE FRONT LINES
Description: They're outgoing. They're adventurous. They want to do something for the war effort. They want to do their bit.
While contemporary conversations about women and the military focus on the extent to which women are or should be integrated as service members, this is but one perspective. Women have been associated with militaries in various ways and to varying degrees throughout human history. In the U.S., the wars and conflicts of the 20th century saw civilian American women taking on significant roles and responsibilities in support of war efforts, from the thousands of women manning the factory floors (a...