340,000 

Number of American women who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during World War II

1 

Number of American female pilots in the air over Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 when the Japanese attacked

19 

Millions of “Rosie the Riveters” who worked industrial, farm and office jobs to keep the nation running while the men went off to war

$31.21 

Average pay female workers earned per week in manufacturing jobs in 1944. Average male workers earned for similar manufacturing jobs in 1944: $54.65.

3.5 

Estimated millions of female American Red Cross volunteers in World War II. Number of surgical dressings rolled by Red Cross volunteers: 2.5 billion

20 

Millions of victory gardens women and men cultivated in city yards and public spaces during World War II

1/3 

Amount of the nation's vegetables home front victory gardeners supplied in 1943

428,521 

Number of shows USO entertainers put on for service people during World War II

$50,000 

Amount actress Lana Turner charged per kiss during war bond sales

400,000 

Number of troops First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt visited in 1943 on her tour of the South Pacific war zone

127 

Accredited female U.S. war correspondents attached to military units in North Africa, Europe and the Pacific during World War II

0 

Number of latrines available to female war reporters at U.S. Army press camps in France in July 1944

78 

Number of Army and Navy nurses held prisoner of war by the Japanese in the Philippines from 1942-1945

4 

Number of American women to receive the U.S. Medal of Freedom for resistance against the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II

0 

Number of women present out of hundreds of people who witnessed the official surrender ceremony at Tokyo Bay at the end of World War II