While Rosie the Riveter manned the wartime industries, the Annie Oakleys patrolled prisons as the first female guards.

The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich's masterpiece of women in the Soviet Great Patriotic War.

Meet America's oldest National Park Ranger—a wartime Home Front worker profiled in the Museum's 2018 Electronic Field Trip about African American Experiences in World War II. 

When we think of World War II, the first images that enter our minds usually involve battle: armies fighting their desperate struggles on land, huge navies patrolling the oceans, and aircraft soaring sleekly overhead.

American women played important roles during World War II, both at home and in uniform.