The Years Back - 7, The Women's War (Episode Seven)

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The Years Back - 7, The Women's War (Episode Seven)

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This episode of history series The Years Back focuses on the impact of World War II on Kiwi women. Through archive and interviews it looks at home front life: rationing (as recalled by Dame Pat Evison), fashion (‘Simplicity Styles’), and the arrival of American troops — around 1,400 women would later emigrate to the United States as war brides. It also shows the liberating effect of the war on many women as they took up the jobs left vacant by men serving overseas. Women joined the services t...

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1973

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http://www.nzonscreen.com/title/the-years-back-the-womens-war-episode-seven-1973

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war brides / american eagle club / lunchtime concerts / family holiday camps / simplicity styles / fashion / women's committees / women's land service / waac / wren / waaf / manpowering / eleanor roosevelt / walter nash / joan taylor / kit mcpherson / arnold nordmeyer / pat evison / una platts / helen brew

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