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Space here. Today, we are going to talk about american women in world war ii. And this is, obviously, a huge talker. We could spend an entire semester just on this topic alone. We will try to break it down to three different spaces, and we will look at a lot of images to kind of fit into the other things that weve talked about. So, we are going to talk about american women in three ways. We are going to talk about women at home, okay . Women at work. And women at war. Do so, we are going to kind of organize our ideas this way. We are going to look at a lot of the propaganda weve been talking about propaganda throughout the semester, and watching videos and things like that. We will get a chance to talk about everybody found that to be okay . The all right. Its a good one on women at work during world war ii, you can find it on the National Archives of sight, right . But we will talk about that in this portion, and we will talk about these different parts of women during american women
Landdeck, speaking about women contributing to the war effort during world war ii. Great to see everybody today. Appreciate you coming to our space here. Today, were going to talk about american women and world war ii. And this is obviously a huge topic, we can spend an entire semester just on this topic alone. So were going to try to break it down into three different spaces and were going to look at a lot of images to kind of fit in with the other things weve talked about. So we are going to talk about american women in three ways. Were going to talk about women at home. Women at work. And women at war. So were going to kind of organize our ideas this way, and again were going to look at a lot of the propaganda, we have been talking about propaganda throughout this semester and watching videos and things like that. We will get a chance to talk about, everybody found that video okay . All right. Its a good one on women at work during world war ii. You can find it on the National Archi
An awesome thing to do an activity with in the classroom. Please help me in welcoming karyn. [applause] karyn good morning, everyone. I hope everyone has had a good week so far. I know i certainly did. When i was here a couple of years ago. This morning, im going to talk about the food fight, or rationing, in world war ii. We all know that teenagers and have large appetites. I have one at home with an incredibly large appetite. I like to try and engage kids with the topic that not only fits their appetite, but also increases their appetite for learning. And i find that food is oftentimes a very engaging topic. Napoleon, or frederick the great, depending on who you listen to, once said, an army marches on its stomach. To supply not just the u. S. Army, but increasingly throughout world war ii, also that of our allies, prisoners of war, and those who we liberated in the civilian populations, the people of the United States had to implement solutions to foundational problems, Food Product
Sunday night at 8 00 eastern on cspans q a. Now on American History tv, a look at the ways american women contributed to the war effort during world war ii. We hear about the expectations for women on the home front to write letters to soldiers, plant Victory Gardens and work in factories and what options were available to women for military service. This is 90 minutes. Fpz well, good to see everybody today. I appreciate you coming to our space here. Today, were going to talk about american women and world war ii. And this is obviously a huge topic, we can spend an entire semester just on this topic alone. So were going to try to break it down into three different spaces and were going to look at a lot of images to kind of fit in with the other things weve talked about. So we are going to talk about american women in three ways. Were going to talk about women at home. Women at work. And women at war. So were going to kind of organize our ideas this way, and again were going to look at