Women played an important role in helping the United States come home with a victory. World War II created a surplus of positions that the women needed to fill when their fathers, husbands, brothers, or sons left to serve their country. Maureen Honey, author of Creating Rosie the Riveter, discusse...

"How and why did the federal government introduce conscription and censorship on the Australian Home front? What was the role of women on the home front?" Soon after the war broke out in Europe, the Australian government decided to introduce conscription for the defense of Australia and her terri...