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)