In 1942, the War Production Board, or WPD, implemented Limitation Order L-85 in the United States. Its purpose was to ensure that fabric and materials were ear-marked for military purposes. Included w
State representative Chris Taylor was sitting outside on a beautiful summer afternoon, meeting constituents at the UW-Madison's Memorial Union Terrace overlooking Lake Mendota.Taylor, a rising star in the state Democratic party and former public ...
You could hear the bubbling enthusiasm as she spoke. “Mom! Cookie had babies!” That excited report came from Taylor Bass, the 9-year-old daughter of Army veteran and wounded warrior Benjamin Bass. …
Wartime knitting was more than a hobby – it was an act of patriotism.
Rosie the Riveter, the bomb girl with the bulging biceps, is an iconic image. During World War Two, one million Canadian women worked in factories.
Perhaps nothing represents the community-minded patriotism of the US Home Front in World War II better than the scrap drive.
At first blush, recent discussions about women “having it all” seem to be uniquely American and of this time: the product of our overachieving society,...
Wartime knitting was more than a hobby – it was an act of patriotism.
Gerda Drews of Germany was a teenager living in Berlin during World War Two, and here she gives her eyewitness account of the battle of Berlin.
The grandchild of a Nazi officer has discovered the life his grandparents and parents experienced during World War Two.
Gardening has been practiced by manly men through the ages. Attract the women, boost your exercise, and connect with nature by gardening.
