Women's Royal Navy Service

These ladies took over duties on the British homefront to free up the men for combat duties during WWI and WWII. They were not given the credit due them after WWI, at least not till the "stuff" hit the fan in WWII and they were called back to service.

Along the same lines,imagine what might have happened if we hadn't had Rosie and the gals cranking out the planes, tanks, ammo, LSTs, etc? Hey, our stuff wasn't always the best, but we had more of it.