As a historian and longtime student of WWII, I’ve gotten one question more than any other about my work: what could there possibly be left to learn about WWII? The question itself isn’t all that surprising. After all, the war is among the most well-documented, studied, written about, and fictionalized subjects in American history, so it’s hard to blame someone for thinking they already know the whole story. What is surprising to many people, however, is my answer: there is, in fact, a lot left to learn about WWII—and nowhere is this more the case than when it comes to women’s roles in the war effort.
School Authors: Lena Andrews