A WOMEN’S WAR
LETTER FROM ENGLAND “ This is a women’s war, and no mistake,” writes a Lancashire woman in a letter that reached Hamilton this w r eek. She explains that there are about 260 girls and women employed near her home making khaki gas-mask cases and rucksacks for soldiers. They work from 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m. five days a week. There are, she says, even women fire fighters and spotters, as well as wardens, nurses, and ambulance drivers, and munition makers. They are doing a very great work, and all are anxious to do their share and help to get the war to a speedy end. “ We have have to thank all airmen and the men of the navy, too, for all they are doing to keep the Germans from invading our lovely land. We know they will try again, but we only hope they are • dashed back by our brave fighters. We do not know really what we have to face, but we will do our best and be brave.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21357, 27 February 1941, Page 4
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173A WOMEN’S WAR Waikato Times, Volume 128, Issue 21357, 27 February 1941, Page 4
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