Finding Fables
2 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSharing stories from history and the present day, of ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
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Episodes
S1: E2 Business As Usual
September 13, 2019 09:00 - 41 minutes - 57 MBEpisode 2 of the Women of WWII series focuses mainly on the British home-front and the challenges women faced as a domestic fighting force: protecting their country from invasion, facing family separations and enduring years of devastating bombings. I also talk about women's military auxiliary services, rationing, victory gardens, war bond collection and more.
S1 E1: Rosie the Riveter, The Heroine of a New Order
August 27, 2019 17:22 - 40 minutes - 55.4 MBEpisode 1 of the Women of WWII series covers the "Rosie the Riveters" who performed vital war production jobs in factories and made the American production of war materials a driving force of the Allies' victory. I explore the sacrifice these women made and their contribution to women in the workforce today