The∧Arsenal of Democracy 
J. Marshall, 2011 
“Rosie the Riveter” 
Bristol Pomeroy
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
• Women’s roles 
• War production 
• Rationing 
• Propaganda 
• Conscription 
• BCATP 
• Camp X 
• Japanese 
internment
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Traditional Civilian Roles 
Keep the home fires burning 
Photos: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/war-industry/index-e.html
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
“Rosies of the North” full movie: 
http://wwii.ca/view-footage/64/rosies-of-the-north/ 
“Rosies of the North”excerpts: 
http://www3.nfb.ca/ww2/home-front/women-and-the-war. 
htm
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Elsie MacGill: 
Queen of the Hurricane
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Women in Production
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
• First World War 
• Second World War
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Non- 
Traditional 
Roles
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Civil 
Defence
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Men worked too
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
C.D. Howe:
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
(The First) 
Arsenal of 
Democracy
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
“Made in Canada”
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Retooling 
Ford Motors: Oshawa, Ontario Angus Works: Montreal, Quebec
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Limited access to raw materials = 
Innovation
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
http://www.wyattheritage.com/homefront/sitemap.asp 
Chatelaine Magazine, 1943 
Summerside Journal, 1945
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Ronnie
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Romance
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
ENLIST! 
BUY VICTORY 
BONDS! 
SAVE, SALVAGE AND 
RECYCLE! 
LET'S ALL PULL 
TOGETHER!
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Conscription
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
British Commonwealth 
Air Training Plan:
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
British Commonwealth 
Air Training Plan: 
UK, Britain, Canada, Australia, N.Z. 
Largest aviation training scheme in history 
Over 130,000 
= ½ of ALL member nation aircrew trained 
Other nations sent candidates 
Canada paid over 1.6 of 2.2 billion dollars 
Trained for all roles, not just pilots 
Large and small establishments/ sea to sea 
Smaller plans in S. Africa and Rhodesia
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Pilot 
Navigator/ 
Bomb Aimer 
Wireless Operator 
Air Gunner 
Mechanic/ 
Flight Engineer 
Ordinance 
BCATP is the Aerodrome of Democracy 
FDR, 1942
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Marion Orr 
Historica Minute: 
http://www.histori. 
ca/minutes/minute 
.do?id=10216
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
(the Farm) 
Sir William Samuel Stephenson 
Little Bill = Intrepid 
OBJECTIVES: 
1) Liaise between and pre-Dec. 1941 
2) Espionage training centre for and . 
3) Hydra communications centre
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
War 
Measures Act 
- Defense of Cda 
Act, Section 21
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
Women’s Roles War Production Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment 
Nisei Overseas: a gutsy role
TOPIC SENTENCE: 
Canada contributed greatly to 
the Allied battlefield operations, 
but 
the war could not have been 
won without the organization, 
training and production efforts 
on the Home Front.
Vocabulary 
• C.W.A.C. 
• W.R.C.N.S. 
• R.C.A.F. (W.D.) 
• War Production Board 
• C.D. Howe 
• Arsenal of Democracy 
• Retooling 
• Synthetics 
• Rationing 
• Propaganda 
• Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl 
• Victory Bonds 
• Conscription Crisis 
• Plebiscite 
• Zombies 
• B.C.A.T.P. 
• Camp X 
• Japanese internment
“Real Canadian Girl” 
Stompin’ Tom Connors
Canada and the Home Front

Canada and the Home Front

  • 1.
    The∧Arsenal of Democracy J. Marshall, 2011 “Rosie the Riveter” Bristol Pomeroy
  • 2.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment • Women’s roles • War production • Rationing • Propaganda • Conscription • BCATP • Camp X • Japanese internment
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Traditional Civilian Roles Keep the home fires burning Photos: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/war-industry/index-e.html
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment “Rosies of the North” full movie: http://wwii.ca/view-footage/64/rosies-of-the-north/ “Rosies of the North”excerpts: http://www3.nfb.ca/ww2/home-front/women-and-the-war. htm
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Elsie MacGill: Queen of the Hurricane
  • 6.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Women in Production
  • 7.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment • First World War • Second World War
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Non- Traditional Roles
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Civil Defence
  • 11.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Men worked too
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment C.D. Howe:
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment (The First) Arsenal of Democracy
  • 14.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment “Made in Canada”
  • 15.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Retooling Ford Motors: Oshawa, Ontario Angus Works: Montreal, Quebec
  • 16.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Limited access to raw materials = Innovation
  • 17.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
  • 18.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment http://www.wyattheritage.com/homefront/sitemap.asp Chatelaine Magazine, 1943 Summerside Journal, 1945
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Ronnie
  • 22.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Romance
  • 23.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment ENLIST! BUY VICTORY BONDS! SAVE, SALVAGE AND RECYCLE! LET'S ALL PULL TOGETHER!
  • 24.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Conscription
  • 25.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment British Commonwealth Air Training Plan:
  • 26.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment British Commonwealth Air Training Plan: UK, Britain, Canada, Australia, N.Z. Largest aviation training scheme in history Over 130,000 = ½ of ALL member nation aircrew trained Other nations sent candidates Canada paid over 1.6 of 2.2 billion dollars Trained for all roles, not just pilots Large and small establishments/ sea to sea Smaller plans in S. Africa and Rhodesia
  • 27.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Pilot Navigator/ Bomb Aimer Wireless Operator Air Gunner Mechanic/ Flight Engineer Ordinance BCATP is the Aerodrome of Democracy FDR, 1942
  • 28.
    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Marion Orr Historica Minute: http://www.histori. ca/minutes/minute .do?id=10216
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment (the Farm) Sir William Samuel Stephenson Little Bill = Intrepid OBJECTIVES: 1) Liaise between and pre-Dec. 1941 2) Espionage training centre for and . 3) Hydra communications centre
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment War Measures Act - Defense of Cda Act, Section 21
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC
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    Women’s Roles WarProduction Rationing Propaganda Conscription BCATP Camp X Japanese Internment Nisei Overseas: a gutsy role
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    TOPIC SENTENCE: Canadacontributed greatly to the Allied battlefield operations, but the war could not have been won without the organization, training and production efforts on the Home Front.
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    Vocabulary • C.W.A.C. • W.R.C.N.S. • R.C.A.F. (W.D.) • War Production Board • C.D. Howe • Arsenal of Democracy • Retooling • Synthetics • Rationing • Propaganda • Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl • Victory Bonds • Conscription Crisis • Plebiscite • Zombies • B.C.A.T.P. • Camp X • Japanese internment
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    “Real Canadian Girl” Stompin’ Tom Connors

Editor's Notes

  • #2 Reference to FDR’s “Arsenal of Democracy” speech, 1941 “Rosie the Riveter” by Bristol Pomeroy.
  • #4 Female nurse Cecile Dumas bathes and dresses workman Tom Heard's eye at the Arvida Aluminum Company of Canada plant Mrs. Jack Wright reads her two sons Ralph and David a bed-time story
  • #5 1. Female shipyard worker swings a heavy hammer to drive a rivet into place while another female shipyard worker holds the rivet in place during construction of a ship in the Pictou shipyard 2. Unidentified Lumberjill using pike pole to handle spruce logs, Queen Charlotte Islands, B.C. This film features the story of the company's Chief Aeronautical Engineer, Elsie MacGill, who was the first Canadian female engineering graduate and the world's first woman to design an airplane.
  • #8 Some nurses started in the RCN of RC Dental Corps, but all the nurses eventually ended up the Royal Canadian Army Medical Corp in 1915. During WWI, 46 nursing sisters died, of a total of 3,141 who served overseas. In the Second World War, only one in nine of the 45,000 women who signed up were selected for duty overseas (10% of women served as nurses). 71 women were killed on duty.
  • #10 CWAC: firefighting training in London Princess Elizabeth Windsor –ATS (Army Territorial Service) ambulance driver
  • #11 Women’s Volunteer Service – canteens and comfort to families in Britain ex. receiving blankets from Canada for homeless. ARP – Air Raid Precautions – in UK and Canada
  • #13 CD Howe in front of first Crusader Tank: Angus Locomotive works, Montreal.
  • #14 FDR first used the term “Arsenal of Democracy.”
  • #15 1. This unique logo was a widely-produced decal printed during WW2 to identify Canadian-made war production. Over the years we have found it on weapons, vehicles, ammunition boxes and all manner of hard kit. It is printed in English, Russian and Chinese, to represent three of the main recipients of our equipment.  2. Loading sides of pork for Britain.
  • #16 (L) Ford Canada – Oakville, Ontario (R) CPR Angus Locomotive Works, Montreal, Quebec
  • #17 (L) Two female laboratory workers test synthetic rubber in the Polymer Rubber Corporation plant (LC) View of Horton Spheres storing butadiene and styrene, two chief ingredients of buna-S synthetic rubber at the Polymer Corporation plant (RC) Workman Gordon Thomson of Toronto, Ont. guiding synthetic rubber filter cake into the tearing rolls at the Polymer Rubber Corporation plant (R) Workman John Seliger makes the final inspection of a new synthetic rubber tire at the Dominion Rubber plant
  • #21 Wayne and Shuster in the Canadian Army Show.
  • #22  WHAT DOES THE CIGARETTE SAY ABOUT WOMEN’S RIGHTS? Veronica Foster - Foster worked for John Inglis Co. Ltd producing Bren light machine guns on a production line on Strachan Avenue in Toronto, Ontario.[1] She can be seen as the Canadian precursor to the American fictional propaganda tool Rosie the Riveter. Geraldine Hoff Doyle (July 31, 1924 – December 26, 2010)[1] was the real-life model for the World War II era "We Can Do It" posters, an embodiment of the iconic World War II character Rosie the Riveter.
  • #23 Woman worker for the Dominion Arsenals Ltd. munitions plant has a date with her boyfriend
  • #24 Each year, new series of bonds were sold – it wasn’t enough to just buy them once – it was an ongoing expense to be patriotic.
  • #28 LINK TRAINER NB: At the start of the war the navigator acted as bomb aimer, but later a second position was created. FDR – a play on his earlier “Arsenal of Democracy”
  • #29 Fighter Command; Bomber Command; Coastal Command; Ferry Command; Flying Training Command, + others
  • #30 Oshawa, Ontario Stephenson responsible for training FBI and OSS in foreign espionage! Ian Fleming used Intrepid as the basis for James Bond.
  • #31 Used against the Japanese, but also other nationalist organizations like those for Communists, Finns, Ukrainians, Poles, Fascists.
  • #32 On September 22, 1988, Prime Minister Brian Mulroney gave a formal apology and the Canadian government announced a compensation package, one month after President Ronald Reagan made similar gestures in the United States. The package for interned Japanese Canadians included $21,000 to each surviving internee, and the re-instatement of Canadian citizenship to those who were deported to Japan.[33] The agreement also awarded $12 million to the NAJC to promote human rights and support the community, and $24 million for the establishment of the Canadian Race Relations Foundation to push for the elimination of racism.
  • #34 About 40 Canadians, half of them primarily linguists of Chinese or Japanese descent, also served in Force 136, a British intelligence organization that operated behind Japanese lines. These men were involved in recruiting and training native guerrillas, engaging in sabotage, ambush and deception, and transmitting information about enemy activities. Two other Canadians served in a Combined Operations' Sea Reconnaissance Unit (SRU) as the 'frogmen of Burma', spearheading Fourteenth Army's crossings of the Irrawaddy River in February and March 1945.
  • #38 “Real Canadian Girl” by Stompin’ Tom Connors.