The BBC and Gendered Labour: How Wartime Restrictions Reshaped the Corporation, 1939-45

The BBC and Gendered Labour details how the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) turned to women to cope with demands on broadcasting and pervasive labour shortages, ultimately reshaping gendered employment policies during the Second World War.

The BBC played a central role in buoying the morale of the British public during the Second World War. While many of the personalities and programming popular during the war – from Dame Vera Lynn to the Brain's Trust – still feature in the public p...