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nurses Women in service had many jobs. Many women even joined to fight in the war. In Canada more than 45,000 women signed up. Some went into battle. Others were giving the jobs "drivers of light vehicles, cooks, clerks, messengers,and canteen helpers. They were paid only two-thirds of the basic pay allotted to men." (www.valourandhorror.com/DB/ISSUE/Women/Women_overseas.htm) The women who stayed at home continued raising their families, farming the land, and filling the jobs left unoccupied by servicemen. And don't forget, General Eisenhower's personal driver was a WAC

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