Government Girls of World War II - a film by Leslie Sewell

A film produced by The History Project
Produced, written and directed by Leslie Sewell
narrated by Cokie Roberts

Funding provided by
The Kiplinger Foundation, Humanities Foundation of Washington, DC, The Virginia Foundation for the Humanities

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The war opened opportunities for wage earning employment for women that were unheard of before.

There were many more opportunities for professional advancement and financial independence than were previously available and the government was actively recruiting women. It was even more of a breakthrough period for African-American women and other women of color. It afforded them a chance many had not had before and large numbers of them jumped at it.

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Government Girls of World War II” is a one-hour documentary. It combines oral histories of the eyewitnesses to the period and interviews with noted humanities scholars who are experts on the role of women in the twentieth century. It uses archival film footage, and still photographs most of which have never

before been used in television documentaries. It will also include some original photography. The original music adds to the production design.

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