women in combat
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WOMEN’S ROLE IN
COMBAT/MILITARY
Created by: Kaylin Orrell and Megan Howell
Wives
Building ships, planes and tanks
Working in factories
Driving fire engines
Plumbers
Ambulance drivers
Nurses
Ferrying aircraft (in the US)
W H AT T Y P E S O F RO L E S D I D W O M E N
T A K E O N I N T H E U S I N T H E A B S E N C E
O F M E N ?
DESCRIBE THE
POSITIONS THEY
FILLED IN THE
MILITARY
Since December 1941, 350,000 women
served in the United States Armed Forces.
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (later
the Women's Army Corps or WAC)
The Women Airforce Service Pilots
(WASP)
The Women Accepted for Volunteer
Military Services (WAVES).
W H O W E R E S O M E O F T H E K E Y W O M E N
W H O P L AY E D RO L E S I N T H E M I L I T A RY ?
Rosie The Riveter- on
posters to encourage
women to join the
military
Tokyo Rose- a radio
broadcaster
Lyudmila Pavlicheko-
sniper (309 kills)
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