Word: womens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...darkness of Berlin's streets women were mishandled. But prostitutes complained that their business was ruined because of the darkness and shortage...
...More than a fourth of Palestine's Jewish population, 120,000 men and women, enrolled for local defense and service in the British Army...
...Canada was speeding war preparations. Two overseas army divisions of 32,000 were being organized, with highly mechanized equipment. Canada planned to put her shipyards to work building submarine chasers and minesweepers. Vancouver's Flying Seven, only organization of licensed women pilots in Canada, offered its services. So did Honorary Air Marshal William A. Bishop, who in World War I was officially accredited with 72 enemy planes. Hero Bishop was accepted, named tempo rary Commodore...
...King-Emperor, and his Queen Elizabeth. Half an hour later, the all clear signal given, George and Elizabeth emerged. For him, as Admiral of the Fleet, Field Marshal and Marshal of the Air Force, the war had begun. For her, as for some 15,000,000 other British women, the pre-war life of home and children and firesides and friends had stopped...
...Queen had gone down into the Buckingham Palace dugout wearing a morning gown of her favorite soft blue. Twelve days later, by the King's command, she assumed the title of Commandant in Chief of the three women's auxiliaries to the fighting services-Women's Royal Naval Service, Women's Auxiliary Air Force, Women's Auxiliary Territorial Service. A large part of her new life was thus to be devoted to leading Britain's women-at-war, and the uniforms of these organizations were added to her wardrobe,* the first warlike garments...