Passing through Whitehall I noticed this monument and thought of my grandmother, who had to raise 6 boys on her own and maintain a working farm whilst my grandfather was away at war. Women were built tougher then.
The lettering on the sides of this Monument to the Women of World War II, replicates the typeface used on war time ration books. There are 17 individual sets of clothing and uniforms around the sides, symbolising the hundreds of different jobs women undertook in World War II and then gave back for the homecoming men at the end of the war.
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