#OTD 11 Feb '43. Kay Francis and Mitzi Mayfair are back in the US after a gruelling three months entertaining the troops overseas. 37,500 miles and 150 appearances.
'The boys regarded us a a mirage' said Francis.
Brooklyn Eagle', 11 Feb, 12.
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3. On 13th March 1917 Dorothy died at Sliema Northern Harbour Malta of associated toxaemia after contracting measles aged 29. She is buried at Pieta Military Cemetery, Malta. #WW1 #WomenatWar #TFNS
2. She joined the Territorial Force Nursing Service, Rank Staff Nurse. Unit St John’s Military Medical Hospital, Malta.
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1. Women who joined Territorial Force Nursing Service: Dorothy Mortimer Watson daughter of Christopher Holmes and Mary Watson. Dorothy was born on 11th February 1888, Ilkley, Yorkshire. #WW1 #WomenatWar #TFNS
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13 December 1942. Another massive convoy has left the UK destination North Africa. On board the flagship 'Strathallan' are 400 nurse and 5 WACs. Plus two extraordinary women: driver Kay Summersby and photographer Bourke White. Their journey will be 'eventful'. #WomenAtWar. #WW2
Movie TV Tech Geeks #TV #Shogun #WomenatWar #Transatlantic 10 Forgotten War Shows Worth Rewatching Today
VP Vance, Sec of WAR, & Trump do not have a reality based understanding of Women at War.
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A black and white photo of a large group of Australian Women who gave their service to the cause during WWII. They are dressed in Australian army uniform, standing in a bushy setting, smiling as they look up at the camera. Image Credit: AWM London.
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‘Australia was among the first nations to declare war on Nazi Germany and between 1939 & 1945 nearly one million Australian men & women served in what was going to be the Second World War.’
~ Veterans Affairs #Australia
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2. Jeannie joined the Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps (QMAAC). Service No. 46868. Rank Worker.
Jeannie died of pneumonia on 29th October 1918, Perth and Kinross, Scotland aged 20. She is buried at Dalbeattie Cemetery. #WW1 #QMAAC #womenatwar
1. Remembering the Women Casualties of War:
Jeannie Turnball Wright was born in 1899, Galashiels, Roxburghshire, Scotland. She was the daughter of Andrew Wright and Wilhelmina Jane Currie. #womenatwar #QMAAC #WW1
It’s been a while since I worked on this, but it’s back to the #writing shed with a #story honouring my Auntie Joan who ferried planes for the #ATA in #WWII
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Image shows a painting by Gladys Hynes, Crucifixion, c.1940. It shows a pilot lying face up arms outstretch on an aircraft that is shaped like a crucifix. copyright: the Artist’s Estate / RAF Museum.
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“I felt like the smallest of insects. They could do anything to me. There was no police department, no prosecutor’s office, no place I could go to file a complaint” (Looking at Women Looking at War: A War and Justice Diary, p. 223)
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📖 Author of the Day: Mikhas Lynkov & a Powerful War Narrative 🎖️
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Margy Kinmonth’s new documentary, War Paint — Women at War, features 16 female artists who explore how conflict impacts women in particular.
@leilalatif.bsky.social reviews the film, in UK cinemas from 28 March.
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A selection of authors and titles for #womenshistorymonth2025 Strong, women authors tackling issues of war, independence, freedom. Another month, another celebration cancelled, but not in our bookstore. #womenatwar #womenauthors #indiebookstores
6. She was given a military funeral and was one of a handful YMCA workers to be posthumously awarded the Croix de Guerre avec Palme by General Petain, for courage and devotion to duty. She is buried in Etaples War Cemetery, France. #WW1 #YMCA #womenatwar #history
5. Betty was killed by an air raid the following year, aged 21, having, despite the danger, stayed in the area to assist some French refugees. #WW1 #YMCA #Womenatwar #history
3. In January 1916, one of Betty's aunts went to France to manage a YMCA Canteen in St Denis Hut, on the outskirts of Paris. Betty was keen to join her.
At 19, she was considered too young but a month later she went anyway, paying her own expenses. #YMCA #WW1 #womenatwar #history
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At the age of 16, she travelled with her parents to London as part of a group from the local Belgium Refugee Fund, to bring back to Harrogate refugee families who had been camping out at Alexandra Palace. #YMCA #WW1 #womenatwar #history
1. Continuing Women's History Month. Women who joined the YMCA Women's Auxiliary.
Bertha (Betty) Gavin Stevenson was born in 1896, York, Yorkshire. She was the daughter of Arthur Gavin Stevenson and Catherine Grace Wheeler. #WW1 #womenatwar #YMCA #history
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