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The following is a list of female agents who served in the field for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. SOE's objectives were to conduct espionage, sabotage and reconnaissance in occupied Europe (and later, also in occupied Southeast Asia) against the Axis powers, and to aid local resistance movements.
Margaret Holmes, AM (1909–2009) – Australian activist during the Vietnam War, member Anglican Pacifist Fellowship; Amelia Lambrick (1864–1956) was an Australian public servant and pacifist; Isabel Longworth (1881–1961) – Australian dentist and peace activist
The Global Peace Index (GPI) is a report produced by the Australia-based NGO Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) which measures the relative position of nations' and regions' peacefulness. [2] The GPI ranks 163 independent states and territories (collectively accounting for 99.7 per cent of the world's population) according to their levels of ...
During World War I, women in the Western world, including Europe, Canada, and the United States, contributed to the war efforts on both the home fronts and the battlefields. [2] Women's employment rates skyrocketed in domestic and industrial sectors. [ 4 ]
Throughout history, women have assumed diverse roles during periods of war, contributing to war efforts in various capacities. Women served as warriors in many ancient armies. Some ancient civilizations like the Scythians , Sarmatians and many others had female regiments which inspired the creation of the story of the Amazons in Ancient Greece .
This included free ocean transport (third class) and rail passage. There are currently no official figures for the numbers of war brides and their children. By the end of 1946, over forty thousand Canadian serviceman had married women from Europe. [3] There is no exact number on the number of World War I European brides married to American ...
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The number of Australian women in paid employment increased from 644,000 in 1939, to 855,000 in 1944. While this was only a five percentage point increase in the proportion of all Australian women who were working, large numbers of women moved from traditionally "female" roles such as domestic servants into "male" roles in industry.