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War Women - Season 1

Series: War Women

4.1

(8)

Episodes

Rating

TVPG

Year

2003

Language

English

Publisher

Questar

About

Whether as warriors, spies, resistance fighters, combat nurses, reporters, or propagandists, women have played a part in warfare throughout world history. Why then has society clung to the idea that women should not fight on the frontline?

Related Subjects

Documentary

Episodes

1. Fighters

50m

This is the story of women who experienced battle firsthand. Dressed as women, and often as men, these women fought in the wars that shaped our world. Who were they, and how did they fare in combat? Some are celebrated, others unsung.

2. Spies and Angels

50m

As the concept of 'acceptable' roles for women in the military lingered throughout world history, the roles most women found themselves performing not only put them in the thick of the action, but they made significant contributions.

3. The Home Front

50m

An abiding image of the home front is of a woman shielding a child in an idyllic cottage doorway, but what roles did women really play at home, and how did those roles help redefine the kind of work that was deemed acceptable for women?