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Between 1939 and 1945, 1.5 million _______ were registered for employment in essential industries. ________ war work could _______ working in munitions factories, on the ______ or in the shipyards. The work was often physically ________ and the hours were long. Sometimes the women ________ along side men doing the same job, but for less ________.

Despite having worked long _______ in the factories they were still _________ to run the home. This meant ________ in long queues for basic foods and doing ________ without the ________ domestic appliances we know today. Often they spent the _______ in air raid shelters in cramped and cold conditions.

Women became the __________ of this country, and for many their lives would _______ be the same. Even women with young ________, or those who were too old to _______, could do their _______ for the war effort through voluntary work. It was due to the magnificent ________ of these women that Britain's output of war ________ reached an unexpected height.