Dot Braden was an overworked teacher in Virginia, left to teach too many classes when male teachers were recruited to fight in World War II and female teachers rushed to the altar before their fiancés were shipped overseas. Ruth Weston struggled to get a teaching job in Mississippi despite being a whiz at math. Margaret Gilman was one of only 4% of American women to have completed a college degree in the 1940s, but wondered how to get a job in her field. When all these women heard about jobs in and near Washington D.C., working for the war effort, they jumped at the chance - despite having no idea what kind of work they would be doing because the recruiters weren’t allowed to tell them. Read more