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Graduation of the first course of Canadian Women’s Army Corps (C.W.A.C.), London, England, 19 February 1943.

Wren Writer M. McDonald of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) working in the navigation library at H.M.C.S. KINGS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 3 March 1943.

Wren Writer M. McDonald of the Women’s Royal Canadian Naval Service (W.R.C.N.S.) arranging navigation books in the library at H.M.C.S. KINGS, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, 3 March 1943.

Everything was militarized during the Second World War, including the household economy. Women became "housoldiers" whose job was to prepare "appetizing and nourishing meals that protect and preserve the health of their families."

Canadian Legion Educational Services Certificate of Achievement (Class Instruction) in Dressmaking, to Cpl M.B. Nelson, Vancouver, British Columbia, 1 February to 1 September 1945

Baseball game between women from the "Eager Beavers" and officers of the Regina Rifle Regiment, Netherlands, 31 August 1945.

Four ensembles, the Originals, the London Life Troupers, the Tweedsmuir Revue, and the London Little Theatre, performed to entertain men and women in uniform and raise funds for the Citizens Auxiliary War Services Committee.

Come on Housewives Sock Him Again! Scrap Metal Campaign Advertisement

Speaking to the women who controlled four out of every five dollars spent in Canada, Charlotte Whitton explained inflation, price controls, and the power that women could exercise to help with the war.

In this recruiting poster, members of the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) march alongside the ghostly image of French medieval military heroine, Joan of Arc. French- and English-language posters often used the same images, but different messages.…