#women in world war two

[mercurygray]

Friends, I have failed you all. I've seen a lot of posts over the last week with a lot of great biographical detail about many of the flyers and aircrew who've been name-dropped so far in Masters of the Air - and I haven't seen a single thing about the one name that is directly in the center of this blog's lane.

In Part 2, returning from their mission to Trondheim, Cleven and Egan walk into the Interrogation hut and Egan accepts a cup of coffee from a woman he thanks as Tatty. Later on, at the dance, James Douglass remarks that he will be 'coming in hot' on one of the American Red Cross women on the other side of the room, and one of his friends asks "General Spaatz's daughter? Or the other one?"

Katherine "Tatty" Spaatz was a member of the American Red Cross Clubmobile service and the daughter of General Carl "Tooey" Spaatz, who commanded the Eighth Air Force on its move to England. (General Spaatz later moved to overall command of the entire Army Air Forces in the Europe Theatre of Operations, or ETO. He is, as the kids say, rather important.)

But we're not talking about him here. We're talking about her.

Katherine was 22 years old when she arrived in Europe with the Red Cross. (One of her traveling companions that trip was Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of former U.S. Ambassador Joseph P Kennedy Sr., also coming to serve overseas with the ARC.)

The American Red Cross's mission in Europe had many facets during the Second World War - in addition to activities we might think of today, like collecting blood, providing disaster relief at home and running first aid seminars, they were responsible for collecting and distributing packages for Prisoners of War.

They also operated large canteens like the Rainbow Corner club, a recreational facility in London where soldiers on leave could get a room for the weekend, a bite to eat, and a number of other amenities. Smaller clubs called Donut Dugouts provided a space where a serviceman could always be assured of a cup of hot coffee, a donut, and a pretty girl to talk to, specially recruited for being friendly, fair, approachable, and specially trained to be the girl next door overseas. In addition to these more permanent installations, they also operated the Clubmobile service, a mobile version of their popular Dugouts that moved operations into retooled Green Line Bus Company buses to take donuts and a taste of home to the front line.

Tatty, as she was called, worked on the Clubmobile "North Dakota" along with Julia "Dooley" Townsend, Virginia "Ginny" Sherwood, and Dorothy "Mike" Myrick. Life Magazine did a full article on their clubmobile in February of 1943, which you can read online at the link. There is another lovely blog post with pictures here. She also worked for a time in a more permanent post at the USAAF base at Snetterton Heath, and was later sent to France. You can read a little bit more about her and see more pictures at her bio page at the American Air Museum in Britain website.

If you'd like more information about Tatty, Helen, and women like them, as well as the Clubmobile service, consider reading the following:

Slinging Doughnuts for the Boys by James H. Madison Battlestars & Doughnuts: World War II Clubmobile Experiences of Mary Metcalfe Rexford War through the Hole of a Donut, by Angela Petesch Goodnight, Irene (fiction) - Although this is a novel, it is based on Luis Alberto Urrea's mother's time as a Clubmobile worker and her personal papers.

#women in world war two #women in wartime #original girl gang #american red cross clubmobile service #katherine tatty spaatz #masters of the air #i cannot believe it took me a WHOLE DAMN WEEK

[easycompanys]

GAH I MISSED THE ENTIRE MORNING OF THE NATIONAL WWII MUSEUM PRESENTATIONS

I had a recurring meeting that had been cancelled the past couple of weeks and of course THIS WEEK was the day we were actually going to meet, blugh.

If anyone did tune in who has some highlights to share pls let me know!!! I should be able to tune into the afternoon at least but I’m so sad I missed the special exhibition presentation since that was the original reason why I signed up for the program. BUT I’m sure the rest of the day will be awesome too—excited to learn more about women in science and medicine and Maggie Higgins!!

#history #women in world war two #holly.txt

[nellasbookplanet]

Book recs: black science fiction

As february and black history month nears its end, if you're a reader let's not forget to read and appreciate books by black authors the rest of the year as well! If you're a sci-fi fan like me, perhaps this list can help find some good books to sink your teeth into.

Bleak dystopias, high tech space adventures, alien monsters, alternate dimensions, mash-ups of sci-fi and fantasy - this list features a little bit of everything for genre fiction fans!

For more details on the books, continue under the readmore. Titles marked with * are my personal favorites. And as always, feel free to share your own recs in the notes!

If you want more book recs, check out my masterpost of rec lists!

Lagoon by Nnedi Okorafor

Something massive and alien crashes into the ocean off the coast of Nigeria. Three people, a marine biologist, a rapper, and a soldier, find themselves at the center of this presence, attempting to shepherd an alien ambassador as chaos spreads in the city. A strange novel that mixes the supernatural with the alien, shifts between many different POVs, and gives a one of a kind look at a possible first contact.

Nubia: The Awakening (Nubia series) by Omar Epps & Clarence A. Hayes

Young adult. Three teens living in the slums of an enviromentally ravaged New York find that something powerful is awakening within them. They’re all children of refugees of Nubia, a utopian African island nation that sank as the climate worsened, and realize now that their parents have been hiding aspects of their heritage from them. But as they come into their own, someone seeks to use their abilities to his own ends, against their own people.

The Scourge Between Stars by Ness Brown

Novella. After having failed at establishing a new colony, starship Calypso fights to make it back to Earth. Acting captain Jacklyn Albright is already struggling against the threats of interstellar space and impending starvation when the ship throws her a new danger: something is hiding on the ship, picking off her crew one by one in bloody, gruesome ways. A quick, excellent read if you want some good Alien vibes.

Dawn (Xenogenesis trilogy) by Octavia E. Butler*

After a devestating war leaves humanity on the brink of extinction, survivor Lilith finds herself waking up naked and alone in a strange room. She’s been rescued by the Oankali, who have arrived just in time to save the human race. But there’s a price to survival, and it might be humanity itself. Absolutely fucked up I love it I once had to drop the book mid read to stare at the ceiling and exclaim in horror at what was going on. Includes darker examinations of agency and consent, so enter with caution.

Midnight Robber by Nalo Hopkinson*

Utterly unique in world-building, story, and prose, Midnight Robber follows young Tan-Tan and her father, inhabitants of the Carribean-colonized planet of Toussaint. When her father commits a terrible crime, he’s exiled to a parallel version of the same planet, home to strange aliens and other human exiles. Tan-Tan, not wanting to lose her father, follows with him. Trapped on this new planet, he becomes her worst nightmare. Enter this book with caution, as it contains graphic child sexual abuse.

Rosewater (The Wormwood trilogy) by Tade Thompson

In Nigeria lies Rosewater, a city bordering on a strange, alien biodome. Its motives are unknown, but it’s having an undeniable effect on the surrounding life. Kaaro, former criminal and current psychic agent for the government, is one of the people changed by it. When other psychics like him begin getting killed, Kaaro must take it upon himself to find out the truth about the biodome and its intentions.

Do You Dream of Terra-Two? by Temi Oh

Young adult. A century ago, an astronomer discovered a possibly Earth-like planet. Now, a team of veteran astronauts and carefully chosen teenagers are preparing to embark on a twenty-three year trip to get there. But space is dangerous, and the team has no one to rely on but each other if - or when - something goes wrong. An introspective slowburn of a story, this focuses more on character work than action.

The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord

After the planet Sadira is left uninhabitable, its few survivors are forced to move to a new world. On Cygnus Beta, they work to rebuild their society alongside their distant relatives of the planet, while trying to preserve what remains of their culture. Focused less on hard science or action, The Best of All Possible Worlds is more about culture, romance and the ethics and practicalities of telepathy.

Mirage (Mirage duology) by Somaiya Daud

Young adult. Eighteen-year-old Amani lives on an isolated moon under the oppressive occupation of the Valthek empire. When Amani is abducted, she finds herself someplace wholly unexpected: the royal palace. As it turns out, she's nearly identical to the half-Valthek, and widely hated, princess Maram, who is in need of a body double. If Amani ever wants to make it back home or see her people freed from oppression, she will have to play her role as princess perfectly. While sci-fi, this one more has the vibe of a fantasy.

An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon

Life on the lower decks of the generation ship HSS Matilda is hard for Aster, an outcast even among outcasts, trying to survive in a system not dissimilar to the old antebellum South. The ship’s leaders have imposed harsh restrictions on their darker skinned people, using them as an oppressed work force as they travel toward their supposed Promised Land. But as Aster finds a link between the death of the ship’s sovereign and the suicide of her own mother, she realizes there may be a way off the ship.

Where It Rains in Color by Denise Crittendon

The planet Swazembi is a utopia of color and beauty, the most beautiful of all its citizens being the Rare Indigo. Lileala was just named Rare Indigo, but her strict yet pampered life gets upended when her beautiful skin is struck by a mysterious sickness, leaving it covered in scars and scabs. Meanwhile, voices start to whisper in Lileala's mind, bringing to the surface a past long forgotten involving her entire society.

Eacaping Exodus (Escaping Exodus duology) by Nicky Drayden

Seske is the heir to the leader of a clan living inside a gigantic, spacefaring beast, of which they frequently need to catch a new one to reside in as their presence slowly kills the beast from the inside. While I found the ending rushed with regards to plot and character, the worldbuilding is very fresh and the overall plot of survival and class struggle an interesting one. It’s also sapphic!

Chain-Gang All-Stars by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah*

In a near future America, inmates on death row or with life sentences in private prisons can choose to participate in death matches for entertainment. If they survive long enough - a rare case indeed - they regain their freedom. Among these prisoners are Loretta Thurwar and Hamara "Hurricane Staxxx" Stacker, partners behind the scenes and close to the deadline of a possible release - if only they can survive for long enough. As the game continues to be stacked against them and protests mount outside, two women fight for love, freedom, and their own humanity. Chain-Gang All-Stars is bleak and unflinching as well as genuinely hopeful in its portrayal of a dark but all to real possible future.

Parable of the Sower (Earthseed duology) by Octavia E. Butler*

In a bleak future, Lauren Olamina lives with her family in a gated community, one of few still safe places in a time of chaos. When her community falls, Lauren is forced on the run. As she makes her way toward possible safety, she picks up a following of other refugees, and sows the seeds of a new ideology which may one day be the saviour of mankind. Very bleak and scarily realistic, Parable of the Sower will make you both fear for mankind and regain your hope for humanity.

Binti (Binti trilogy) by Nnedi Okorafor

Young adult novella. Binti is the first of the Himba people to be accepted into the prestigious Oomza University, the finest place of higher learning in all the galaxy. But as she embarks on her interstellar journey, the unthinkable happens: her ship is attacked by the terrifying Meduse, an alien race at war with Oomza University.

War Girls (War Girls duology) by Tochi Onyebuchi

In an enviromentally fraught future, the Nigerian civil war has flared back up, utilizing cybernetics and mechs to enhance its soldiers. Two sisters, by bond if not by blood, are separated and end up on differing sides of the struggle. Brutal and dark, with themes of dehumanization of soldiers through cybernetics that turn them into weapons, and the effect and trauma this has on them.

The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds duology) by Micaiah Johnson

Multiverse travel is finally possible, but there’s a catch: No one can visit a world where their counterpart is still alive. Enter Cara, whose parallel selves happen to be exceptionally good at dying. As such she has a very special job in traveling to these worlds, hoping to keep her position long enough to gain citizenship in the walled-off Wiley City, away from the wastes where she grew up. But her job is dangerous, especially when she gets on the tracks of a secret that threatens the entire multiverse. Really cool worldbuilding and characters, also featuring a sapphic lead!

The Fifth Season (The Broken Eart trilogy) by N.K. Jemisin*

In a world regularly torn apart by natural disasters, a big one finally strikes and society as we know it falls, leaving people floundering to survive in a post apocalyptic world, its secrets and past to be slowly revealed. We get to follow a mother as she races through this world to find and save her missing daughter. While mostly fantasy in genre, this series does have some sci-fi flavor, and is genuinely some of the best books I've ever read, please read them.

The Women Could Fly by Megan Giddings*

In an alternate version of our present, the witch hunt never ended. Women are constantly watched and expected to marry young so their husbands can keep an eye on them. When she was fourteen, Josephine's mother disappeared, leveling suspicions at both mother and daughter of possible witchcraft. Now, nearly a decade and a half later, Jo, in trying to finally accept her missing mother as dead, decides to follow up on a set of seemingly nonsensical instructions left in her will. Features a bisexual lead!

The Prey of Gods by Nicky Drayden

South African-set scifi featuring gods ancient and new, robots finding sentience, dik-diks, and a gay teen with mind control abilities. An ancient goddess seeks to return to her true power no matter how many humans she has to sacrifice to get there. A little bit all over the place but very creative and fresh.

The Summer Prince by Alaya Dawn Johnson*

Young adult. Young artist June Costa lives in Palmares Tres, a beautiful, matriarchal city relying heavily on tradition, one of which is the Summer King. The most recent Summer King is Enki, a bold boy and fellow artist. With him at her side, June seeks to finally find fame and recognition through her art, breaking through the generational divide of her home. But growing close to Enki is dangerous, because he, like all Summer Kings, is destined to die.

The Blood Trials (The Blood Gifted duology) by N.E. Davenport

After Ikenna's grandfather is assasinated, she is convinced that only a member of the Praetorian guard, elite soldiers, could’ve killed him. Seeking to uncover his killer, Ikenna enrolls in a dangerous trial to join the Praetorians which only a quarter of applicants survive. For Ikenna, the stakes are even higher, as she's hiding forbidden blood magic which could cost her her life. Mix of fantasy and sci-fi. While I didn’t super vibe with this one, I suspect fans of action packed romantasy will enjoy it.

Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany

1960s classic. Rydra Wong is a space captain, linguist and poet who is set on learning to understand Babel-17, a language which is humanity's only clue at the enemy in an interstaller war. But Babel-17 is more than just a language, and studying it may change Rydra forever.

Pet (Pet duology) by Akwaeke Emezi

Young adult novella. Jam lives in a utopian future that has been freed of monsters and the systems which created and upheld them. But then she meets Pet, a dangerous creature claiming to be hunting a monster still among them, prepared to stop at nothing to find them. While I personally found the word-building in Pet lacking, it deftly handles dark subjects of what makes a human a monster.

Bonus AKA I haven’t read these yet but they seem really cool

Lion's Blood by Steven Barnes

Alternate history in which Africans colonized South America while vikings colonized the North. The vikings sell abducted Celts and Franks as slaves to the South, one of which is eleven-years-old Irish boy Aidan O'Dere, who was just bought by a Southern plantation owner.

The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow

Young adult dystopia. Ellie lives in a future where humanity is under the control of the alien Ilori. All art is forbidden, but Ellie keeps a secret library; when one of her books disappears, she fears discovery and execution. M0Rr1S, born in a lab and raised to be emotionless, finds her library, and though he should deliver her for execution, he finds himself obsessed with human music. Together the two embark on a roadtrip which may save humanity.

Womb City by Tlotlo Tsamaase

Lelah lives in future Botswana, but despite money and fame she finds herself in an unhappy marriage, her body controlled via microchip by her husband. After burying the body of an accidental hit and run, Lelah's life gets worse when the ghost of her victim returns to enact bloody vengeance.

Orleans by Sherri L. Smith

Young adult. Fen de la Guerre, living in a quarantined Gulf Coast left devestated by storms and sickness, is forced on the run with a newborn after her tribe is attacked. Hoping to get the child to safety, Fen seeks to get to the other side of the wall, she teams up with a scientist from the outside the quarantine zone.

Everfair by Nisi Shawl

A neo-victorian alternate history, in which a part of Congo was kept safe from colonisation, becoming Everfair, a safe haven for both the people of Congo and former slaves returning from America. Here they must struggle to keep this home safe for them all.

The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa

Space opera. Enitan just wants to live a quiet life in the aftermath of a failed war of conquest, but when her lover is killed and her sister kidnapped, she's forced to leave her plans behind to save her sister.

Honorary mentions AKA these didn't really work for me but maybe you guys will like them: The City We Became (Great Cities duology) by N.K. Jemisin, The Lesson by Cadwell Turnbull, The A.I. Who Loved Me by Alyssa Cole

#nella talks books #lagoon #nubia the awakening #the scourge between stars #xenogenesis #midnight robber #rosewater #do you dream of terra two? #the best of all possible worlds #mirage #an unkindness of ghosts #where it rains in color #escaping exodus #chain gang all stars #parable of the sower #binti #war girls #the space between worlds #the fifth season #the women could fly #the prey of gods #the summer prince #the blood trials #babel 17 #pet

[faggyangel]

ik we've said this a million times but im obsessed with the way klaus is constantly surrounded by death and trauma and darkness yet he's such a vibrant and lively and compassionate person who continuously puts love and kindness into the world because he knows how dark it can get. just klaus who uses his dying breath to allow luther to say goodbye to sloane because he knows what its like not to be able to say goodbye

#he knows he KNOWS #he knows how dark the world can get he served in a needless war surrounded by death #and he just keeps giving love to people when they need it and even when they dont #thinking about him comforting sloane a women he met two days prior and has spent 5 minutes with when his own brother dies #im just gsgeuaknajalajdiwow #klaus hargreeves #ik we say this all the time but i cant stop thinking about compassionate and considerate he is #the umbrella academy #5k

[theworldatwar]

Female members of the British Army Department of Armaments inspect a consignment of 7.7mm Vickers machine guns (Vickers .303) received from the United States under the Lend-Lease Act - 1940

#world war two #1940s #worldwar2photos #history #ww2 #ww2 history #wwii #world war 2 #wwii era #ww2history #women at work #munitions #1940 #england #great britain #lend lease #Vickers #machine gun

[eyesfullofmoon]

"During the tension of World War II, a revue has dressed one of their showgirls in a gas mask and helmet in addition to a sexy outfit."

Anonymous photographer, September 1939, England.

#1930s #old photos #women #* #30s #world war ii #b&w #black and white #showgirls #gas mask #photography #vintage #history #show girl #vintage style #vintage fashion #world war 2 #wwii #ww2 #world war two #30s style #1930s style #30s fashion #black and white photography #b&w photography #dance #dancer

[whats-in-a-sentence]

Wrens played a major part in the planning and organisation of naval operations, serving at Bletchley Park and its out-stations, operating machines used in code-breaking.

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

#book quotes #normal women #philippa gregory #nonfiction #women's royal naval service #wrns #planning #organization #navy #operations #bletchley park #out stations #machines #code breaker #ats #auxiliary territorial service #dover #headquarters #december #40s #1940s #20th century #ww2 #wwii #world war two

[the-cricket-chirps]

Lee Miller, David Shermann, Dressed for War, London, 1942

Lee Miller, Fire Masks, London, England, 1941

#lee miller #american photography #american photographer #american artist #war photography #world war two #england #david shermann #art history #tumblrpic #tumblr art #aesthetictumblr #tumblraesthetic #tumblrpictures #women photographers #woman photographer #woman artist

[1920sitgirl]

Albina Mali-Hočevar, born in Vinica on the 25th of September 1925 Albina was a Slovenian resistance fighter who fought for the liberation of Yugoslavia during World War Two (photo c1945)

After Germany invaded Yugoslavia in 1941 Albina joined the people’s liberation movement at just 16, though she was originally chosen to be a nurse Albina fought in multiple battles, she ended up wounded twice when she was 17 and went on to be wounded again three days after her 18th birthday because of a exploding mine. Albina continued fighting and working till the end of the war as a nurse (suspected to have even worked as a flying nurse) and lived until she was 75yrs old.

Some years later she was recognised for her bravery and was awarded the Yugoslavian Order of the partisan star, 3rd class.

Said in accounts of Albina while she worked as a nurse:

"The nurse Alina always paid more attention to the wounded than to herself"

"She knew neither fear nor exhaustion while there were wounded [partisans] to be taken care of”

#talking history #Albina Mali-Hočevar #world war two #the second world war #ww2 #wwii #war history #women in history #historical women

[oh-dear-so-queer]

She took a course of hormones and was accepted as a man, working as a driver and a fire watcher during the Second World War, undergoing breast removal and changing her birth certificate in 1944 to Laurence Michael Dillon – now the male heir to a baronetcy. His transition would be discovered by the entry in Debrett's Peerage in 1958, which was altered to show a new heir to the baronetcy. Dillon enrolled in a school of medicine at the end of the war and undertook at least 13 sex-reassignment surgeries. He wrote: 'Where the mind cannot be made to fit the body, the body should be made to fit, approximately at any rate, to the mind.'

"Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History" - Philippa Gregory

#book quote #normal women #philippa gregory #nonfiction #laura maud dillon #laurence michael dillon #laura dillon #laurence dillon #ftm #trans #transgender #transsexual #hrt #ww2 #wwii #world war two #srs #baronet #med school #debrett's peerage #40s #1940s #50s #1950s #20th century #sex reassignment surgery #top surgery #bottom surgery

[entrancedsnow70]

Everyone talks about how male-dominated STEM tends to be but no one ever talks about how male dominated History is. My university's gender ratio is 60% women 40% men why am I one of like 3 women in this class of 20 other than the professor how did that happen (obviously gender is more complicated and you cannot necessarily tell someone's gender by their appearance but somehow I think it is statistically unlikely that like half the people in this class are trans women)

#like its so weird and kinda uncomfortable #also the other two women in the class rarely show up so other than the prof I am often the only girl and like #where are the history girlies please too many of these people are into the world wars

[mercurygray]

Hey tumblr fam!

On March 1st, the National World War Two Museum in New Orleans is doing a one-day conference on Women in World War Two in honor of Women's History Month. And as with most of their conferences, you can attend online for free!

They've got a really great lineup of speakers this year, and they're also going to be talking about their new exhibit, "Our War Too: Women in Service." I also happen to know that one of the women who consulted on Tyler Perry's upcoming film about the 6888th Postal Battalion is speaking!

This is a really big deal. I have several friends who are historians and museum professionals who've been to the NWWII, and they've said that while it is a beautiful museum, it is very much telling a white, male-centered story. The new exhibit they are opening is a first for them, and it needs to succeed in order for them to do more like it.

If you find yourself with some free time on March 1, please consider signing up and tuning in to the livestream. Attendance at programs like these, even digital attendance, helps show museum executives that people care about these topics and want to see more of them.

#signal boost #women in world war two #original girl gang

[nazuuuhistory]

- Photograph of eight Women Air Force Service Pilots taken at Camp Davis (North Carolina). Colorize by me

#colorize by me #colorized #world war 2 women #world war two #ww2 #ww2 history #ww2 women #world war 2 #world war ii #ww2 aircraft #women airforce service pilots #history women #gorgeous women #wasp #women

[statelibraryqueensland]

Hello, State Library staff person! Does SLQ have much archival material about queensland queer history? I've got a novel on the backburner involvinglesbian history in rural queensland. It's going to need a much heftier research process than I've done for other projects, and I was thinking SLQ could be a good starting place for it.

Hello!

What an amazing concept for a novel - will it be a nonfiction piece or a fiction piece? I hope you'll be interested in providing a legal deposit copy of it to the library once it's published!

In terms of LGBTQIA+ collections, not only do we have a selection, but we are also always working to increase and broaden our holdings to better reflect the experiences of all Queenslanders.

We have a launch pad for research into our LGBTQIA+ collections right here: LINK

Last year we also introduced a Rainbow Research Fellowship, which is (up to) $20,000 awarded annually and is given to a researcher dedicated to uncovering and sharing LGBTQIA+ stories within our collections. So if you're looking for a way to get that project off the backburner and you'd like to spend some time neck-deep in collections....

Also, as a side note: did you know that Queensland's first premier, Robert Herbert, had a male companion (John Bramston) with whom he lived, combined last names, and named their house this combined last name in testament to their bond?

#sometimes it's difficult to point at historical collections and say things like this one is definitely an LGBTQIA+ collection #But that is because so much of that history has been recorded between the lines #and Queensland has been a hotbed of both anti-LGBT policy and activism especially throughout the middle and latter parts of the 20th centur #there are so many more collections that contain content related to this history #you just have to go looking for it #also #highly recommend taking a look on trove #and perhaps researching the women's land army of World War Two #If you're looking for a Queensland-centric female heavy environment to set a fictional story like this it's ideal #slq #libraries #state library of queensland #library #queensland #from the collections #queensland history #australian history #history #lgbtqia #lgbt history #queer history #Australian queer history #also anon if you'd like access to any collections that aren't digitised you can submit an 'ask us' query to the SLQ website #and a librarian can scan or photograph whatever you're after for you #we're here to help and we so so want to share our collections with you #I know there's a chronology of the earliest known LGBT activism and movements in QLD somewhere in collection 31134 #I will pull it out and take a look at it for you today #asks #anon #anon post

[theworldatwar]

Women from a West Country munitions factory are shown how to fire the mortar bombs they had been manufacturing - England 1940

#world war two #1940s #worldwar2photos #ww2 history #history #wwii #world war 2 #ww2 #wwii era #ww2history #west country #england #great britain #1940 #munitions #mortar #women at work #ww2colourphotos #world war 2 colour photos

[eyesfullofmoon]

Faye Schulman in a forest in Poland, c. 1943/1944.

Schulman (born Faigel Lazebnik; November 28, 1919 – April 24, 2021) was a Jewish partisan, photographer, Holocaust survivor, and brigade member. She is widely considered to be the only Jewish partisan photographer who was able to capture the struggle Jews went through during World War II.

From 1942 to 1945, she took over 100 haunting photographs of the Holocaust and resistance fighters — even being forced by the Nazis to take one of massacred Jews, which among the victims included her parents and siblings. After this occurrence, she was determined to document the atrocities that the Germans inflicted, and later on was able to use these photos against them.

After the war ended in 1945, Schulman immigrated to Canada with her husband; released a memoir; was decorated by the Soviet/Belarusian, American, and Canadian governments; and lived another 76 years, peacefully dying at the age of 101.

"I want people to know that there was resistance. Jews did not go like sheep to the slaughter. I was a photographer. I have pictures. I have proof." – Faye Schulman.

#1940s #* #jewish #female photographers #women in history #faye schulman #partisan #jewish history #old photos #historic photographs #world war ii #resistance fighters #world war 2 #40s #world war two #women in photography #history #women of history #jews of tumblr #jews #old photography #history photos #vintage #vintage photography #vintage photos #women photographers #black and white #b&w #photography #photographers