WomenAtWar

Women are the unsung heroes of war whether they served in the military, the land army or kept the home fires burning. Curated by @lishbrarian

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This is a Twitter bot that celebrates the contributions made by women worldwide in times of war by tweeting curated photos from @TroveAustralia. It is run by @lishbrarian using the fabulous tutorial by @wragge at https://t.co/bsL9imLeNz

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[Australian women working in munitions and aircraft construction industries during World War II] (1939-1944): https://t.co/4gKWHZyBQl

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Victoria. 1943-10-15. Two members of the Australian Women's Land Army cutting asparagus on a Gippsland farm. (Copy in album presented to Dr Edith Summerskill p.152): https://t.co/S854OvhDaz

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[A.W.A.S. women at work in Australia] (1943): https://t.co/zVWkM06XHe

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PORT GISBORNE (1931): https://t.co/o08ppRvjkz

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c. 1944. Two women work at a table on a Taylor-Hobson profile projector used for checking measurements of gauges and components. They are possibly employed at the Commonwealth Munitions Supply ..: https://t.co/h96CsOKODB

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Scotland. Women war workers examining paper from the paper mill in which they work. (Donor British Official Photograph BB749): https://t.co/aQJNPlSBXK

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Tin hatted nurses being instructed on gas mask drill (1942): https://t.co/NaMTEKPh7s

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Scotland. Three women war workers using wheelbarrows to move material in the clinker house at a cement works. (Donor British Official Photograph): https://t.co/qeo7HPoP5v

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KOOLPINYAL, NT. 1943-06-17. ABORIGINAL WOMEN AT WORK TRIMMING AND SALTING DOWN HIDES AT THE 3RD AUSTRALIAN FIELD BUTCHERY COMPANY: https://t.co/rpELdcwml1

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This Orient Winter Cruising - Duk Duk dancers - Orient Line (1930): https://t.co/8DWQ1JZLkt

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NORTHFIELDS, ENGLAND. WOMEN AT WAR WORK PAINTING THE COCKADES ON THE WINGS OF SE5A AIRCRAFT IN AN AIRCRAFT FACTORY NEAR BIRMINGHAM. (BRITISH OFFICIAL PHOTO BB538): https://t.co/NwDseJdbxY

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[Women of the Red Cross emergency services] (1941): https://t.co/iYhXazM3Fg

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Negative - International Harvester, Women's Auxiliary Training League (WATL) Members & McCormick-Deering Grain Binder, 1940 (1940): https://t.co/bICUWNp6kF

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Wagga, NSW. 1946. Peggy Hull, a member of the Australian Women's Land Army, and Mr Horton, the owner of Alabamba property on which two Land Army women worked, punching the skin from a sheep carcass ..: https://t.co/9qB120isx2

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Cpl. Joyce Paynter checking aeroplane parts inventory inside the plane's cockpit, March 1943 (1943): https://t.co/4b15NCd2tB

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ATHERTON, QLD. 1943-10-24. MATRON DEAN GIVING PHYSICAL TRAINING DRILL TO A SQUAD OF AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S LAND ARMY PERSONNEL: https://t.co/WyaZT7Ha7I

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Metal sheathing tack (1857): https://t.co/FBsxrUuqmG

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Sally Hansen and Ailsa Reid from the Australian Womens Corps, contributing to the war effort by picking peas, 1941 (1941): https://t.co/aNJ7luuXf6

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Victoria. 1944-10-15. Members of the Australian Women's Land Army going to their washroom to have a shower before their evening meal: https://t.co/GruCE8nELU

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Women sewing military uniforms in Brisbane (1940): https://t.co/Dj3vhbAroH