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Tag Archives: Second World War
Celebrating My Mom Today and Every Day
Today, dozens of countries around the world are celebrating this Mother’s Day according to their traditions. Florist shops have run out of roses, restaurants have been booked weeks in advance, handmade cards have kept children busy in school art classes … Continue reading
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March is Women’s History Month – Women in AVIATION
We have all heard of female aviators and their accomplishments: Harriet Quimby the first American woman to earn a pilot’s license; Amelia Earhart the first female aviator to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean; and Bessie Coleman the first African-American … Continue reading
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Tagged Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), Female aviators, female combat pilots, female pilots, herstory, inspiration, Inspired by my mom, inspiring story, inspiring women, Marie Marvingt, Night Witches, Second World War, Woman in wars, women in aviation, World War 1, WW 2
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Giving Up Was Not An Option
She was born in Germany in 1922 before returning with her parents to her mother’s village in central Poland in 1926. Not quite 17 when the Second World War broke out and living under German occupation, she knew she would … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, children, friend, friendship, Grandmother, herstory, inspiration, Inspired by my mom, inspiring story, Mother, Poland, Second World War, tribute, wife, Woman
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Remembering My Mom and Her Incredible Life
At the age of 17, she arrived in Tehran where her head was shaved, she was deloused and her only clothes were burned. Continue reading
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Tagged 1940s, East Africa, inspiration, Mother, Poland, Polish refugee camp, refugee, Russian labour camp, Second World War, Tanganyika, tehran, Woman
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